UCPCO

Organisation type: Unión de Cooperativas Multifuncionales Productoras de Café Orgánico	Annual production: 20,600 qq
Annual export: 13,360 qq	Coffee type: mercado justo, mercado justo & orgánico
Country: Nicaragua	Address: Del Estadio Municipal 2 C al Norte, ½ C al sur, en San Juan Río Coco, Madriz, Nicaragua
Phone: +505 86 57 06 36	Fax: +505 27 13 56 26
General Manager: Heberto Arturo Rivas Megara	Website: http://www.ucpcorl.com

UCPCO, Nicaragua

UCPCO was founded in 1996 by 190 farmers organized in 6 cooperatives. Currently, the Union has more than 540 producers of which over 75% are women.

Participates in Progreso Program since: 2007


Progreso has been working with this cooperative in the areas of Access to finance, Access to Market and Business Management (training in accounting, risk management and marketing).


Number of members: 450


Certifications: SHG and organic coffee and Fair Trade SHB Conventional (transition).

Harvest period from November to March