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For Carlos Vargas of Unión Varsán coffee mill in Monteverde, participating in the NAMA Café has had multiple positive impacts, from the increase in tasting notes, to the production of his own fertilizer and the generation of important information to share with buyers and tourists that visit the mill.
Date: March, 2021
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For Daniela Gutiérrez of La Montaña Tarrazú coffee mill, an environmentally-friendly coffee production goes before all else. With her participation in the NAMA Café, the young woman confirmed her processes are already sustainable and identified possible areas for improvement.
Date: March, 2021
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Guillermo Trejos, manager of Coopelibertad coffee mill, highlights how the participation in the NAMA Café has helped him improve his processes in order to produce a sustainable, low-carbon coffee.
Date: March, 2021
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Together with the Fundación Banco Ambiental we support coffee producers in Costa Rica with the introduction of more than 70,000 shade trees in their coffee plantations. Shade trees bring a multitude of benefits: they contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases, protect local biodiversity, reduce the number of agrochemicals required, and support the regulation of the micro-climate of the coffee plantation.
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Date: May, 2020
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"It is important to assess the emission of greenhouse gases to make decisions that help us to reduce those emissions in order to produce a coffee low in emission and allow the world to know what it is really consuming", explains Carlos Vásquez from Coopepilangosta R.L. their motivation to participate in the Coffee NAMA.
Date: November, 2019
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To Arnoldo Guerrero, administrator of the association of producers from Cerro Turrubares - APROCETU, the trainings of the Coffee NAMA first seemed a bit complex - but they sure paid off: Arnoldo tells that not only in the production, but also in the coffee mill they achieved a significative reductions of greenhouse gases as well as electricity consumption.
Date: November, 2019
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"We are pioneers, we are the first low-emission coffee", state Martin and Ignacio Ceciliano from the micro coffee mill Río Conejo Estate about the importance of the Coffee NAMA. The two brothers easily took advantage of the added value of their innovative coffee to position it on the US-American market.
Date: November, 2019
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"Today we are taking the first step worldwide with the Coffee NAMA. This a differentiating element to achieve better prices and tell the world that we are a coffee culture, but also very focused on taking care of the environment", states Mario Sibaja, the commercial manager of the coffee mill CoopeVictoria R.L..
Date: November, 2019
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"When many little people, in many little places, do many little things, they can change the whole world."
Just like this African proverb pinpoints, it is not only one person or one institution to realize the work in the context of the Coffee NAMA of Costa Rica, but rather a fruitful collaboration of everyone.
We congratulate all coffee producers, mills, extension workers and members of the partner and support institutions, who have been laboring relentlessly during the past couple of years to stimulate the transformational change happening in the Costa Rican coffee sector and to serve as a model for the rest of the sector, the country and the world.
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Date: November, 2019
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Luz Mery Vásquez could teach us some lessons about the empowerment of female leaders. With effort and courage, she managed to more than double her harvest in just one year, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and renewing her plantation. The lioness, as her friends call her, tells us how this success has been possible.
Date: November, 2019
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An important focus of our work has been the support of coffee farmers to adapt to the impact of climate change. Diego Loria, a technical adviser at ICAFE, has already noticed that the number of shade tree species and disease-resistant coffee varieties has increased considerably in coffee plantations. But for him, the most striking thing is the change of mentality of the traditional producers: “They already identify more with the Good Agricultural Practices we promote - the important thing is that the producer himself recognizes their importance.”
Date: November, 2019
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The three sister of Las Dueñas Coffee feel 100% committed to the #NAMACafé. Apart from having renewed almost 50% of their coffee farm, the three female producers implement all 10 of the initiative´s good agricultural practices. Ana Gomes da Silva explaines how and why she works on making her coffee cultivation mor environmentally friendly.
Date: November, 2019
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Beatriz Elizondo, coordinator of ICAFE´s regional office in Los Santos, highlights the great willingness to learn that coffee producers show in the Coffee NAMA's trainings: “They ask us a lot of things, and the most important thing for us is that the producers leave with less doubts, that they understand very well the concepts that we provide them in order to replicate them on their farms.”
Date: November, 2019
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Monserrat Prado from the micro-mill Ditsö shows that there does not always have to be big, radical changes to confront Climate Change: Little transformations may also have a great impact.
Date: November, 2019
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The coffee mill Coopesabalito R.L. works hard to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases by decreasing their use of wood and electricity. Warner Quesada, the mill´s manager, explains the actions that were taken with the support of the financial mechanisms provided by the Coffee NAMA.
Date: November, 2019
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New intelligent drying ovens, a water drainer and drying patios - the coffee mill Cordillera de Fuego S.A has realized various important changes to reduce their emission of greenhouse gases and energy consumption. Gabriela Fernández, the mill´s manager, tells us why those investments were worth it.
Date: November, 2019
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The NAMA Support Project Low-Carbon Coffee of Costa Rica supports the implementation of the world´s first agriculture NAMA (Nationally Appropiate Mitigation Action), which aspires to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the production and processing of Costa Rican coffee.
Date: October, 2019
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After four years, the NAMA Support Project Low Carbon Coffee Costa Rica concludes in December 2019. The video summarizes the main results and impacts between 2016 and 2019.
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Date: October, 2019
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Santa Anita and Don Mayo coffee mill describe the changes they have made to their facilities with the support of the financial incentives offered by the NAMA Café.
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In 2017, the Coffee NAMA not only continued working with coffee mills on the measurement of carbon and water footprints, but also focused on another target group: coffee producers. In approx. 30 workshops that took place throughout the country, more than 3,000 producers were trained in the application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) in order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to climate change, without reducing the productivity of their farms.
Several agricultural advisors from ICAFE, MAG and several coffee mills, as well as coffee producers from different areas of the country explain the impact that the project has had on their daily work.
Date: November, 2017
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Under the motto of "TASTE Costa Rica", coffee mills from all over Costa Rica presented their low carbon coffee at this year´s edition of SINTERCAFE Coffee Week.
The event was organized by ICAFE and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
Date: November, 2017
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The coffee mills CoopeAgri, CoopeVictoria, Coopronaranjo, Jardin de Aromas and ZALMARI participating in the Coffee NAMA were selected to participate in the 2017 Business Tour in Germany, where they will present their low-carbon coffee to German roasters.
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Coffee is one of Costa Rica's main exports but coffee production contributes to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Efforts are underway to make it less environmentally damaging. The Deutsche Welle accompanied us on a visit to two coffee farms in the NAMA Café in order to learn their efforts to reduce GHG emissions.
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On July 18th 2017, producers from Orosi participated in the second Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) workshop dealing with nutrition and fertilization, weed management, plagues and illnesses and agroforesty systems.
The workshop took place at the ZALMARI S.A. coffee mill´s farm and was organized by the Ministry for Agriculture, the National Coffee Institute and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
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Date: July, 2017
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Over 80 coffee farmers from Desamparados paticipated in the second workshop on Good Agricultural Practices offered by the Ministry for Agriculture, the National Coffee Institute and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
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Date: June, 2017
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During a side event at the negotiations in Bonn in May 2017, Sandra Spies, director of the NAMA Support Project Low-Carbon Coffee Costa Rica, presented the project and the Costa Rican coffee NAMA.
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The NAMA Café trained over 100 coffee producers in the Los Santos region on Good Agricultural Practices and presented them the basic concepts of the initiative. The workshop is part of a series of workshops for coffee farmers in Costa Rica.
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The NAMAs currently implemented in Costa Rica and Colombia are showcased at a side event hosted by the NAMA Facility at the COP22 in Marrakech.
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The NAMA Café Costa Rica aims to reduce GHG emissions and improve resource use efficiency at the level of both coffee plantations and coffee mills. These actions will create the first low-emission coffee worldwide and give Costa Rican coffee producers access to new markets. The NAMA Café receives technical and financial assistance from the NAMA Support Project (NSP), financed by the NAMA Facility and implemented by GIZ. The video shows first project achievements and was launched at SINTERCAFÉ in November 2016.
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Roasters of the Café de Costa Rica in New york support the NAMA Café by planting trees on Costa Rican coffee farms.
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The NAMA Café Costa Rica aims to reduce GHG emissions and improve resource use efficiency at the level of both coffee plantations and coffee mills. These actions will create the first low-emission coffee worldwide and give Costa Rican coffee producers access to new markets.
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