He is a partner of the Cenaproc cooperative, for 10 years already; he is one of the most representative partners of the cooperative. He notices the change in quality and prices that he receives of his coffee related to previous years. His income has noticeably improved due to the fact of wining the Cup of Excellence 2004.

With the income of the previous contest, he bought himself a Taxi which serves as transportation to his family and neighbors in order to get to Caranavi which is the closest city. He got to increase a hectare in his coffee plantation.

Francisco has 3 children; two of them are in the last year of high school in the same community and he expects to keep on supporting for them to go to their superior studies in La Paz.

Quality Practices

The 85 members’ mills of the Central de Productores Asociados (CENAPROC) is at the northeast of Caranavi and extends for 760 hectares, meaning that each family has an average of 9 hectares and in the heights between 1.400 and 1.700 masl at mountain slopes of cloudy forest under natural shade. The coffee harvest is done between June and November and it is done manually, selecting the ripe fruits. Once the harvesting period is over, we use a mechanical pulper and let it naturally ferment for 18 hours, separating the mucilage from the bean and washing it with clean water. For the drying, we use a combination of two techniques: the pre-drying in the sun and the final drying in a mechanical drum dryer run on propane gas.

Other Statistics:
Soil type : sandy clay loam
Annual precipitation : 2.000 mm/year
Shade type : Inga edulis, Cedro