National Coffee Day: Peru leads the world in organic coffee production and export

Peru, along with Ethiopia, is one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of organic coffee, according to the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Irrigation (Midagri).

As part of the National Coffee Day, Midagri clarified that in recent years, Peru has registered the largest supply of grains of this organic product.

“Only last year, national production organic coffee amounted to approximately one million 200 thousand centners, ”the ministry indicates.

Coffee production creates jobs

Midagri notes that organic coffee, the first traditional agricultural export product, is 95% grown by small farmers.

Coffee is currently the source Work for more than two million Peruvians along the entire agricultural production chain.

“230,000 families are involved in coffee production, and thanks to the competitive work of the public and private sectors, it was possible not only to increase yields, but also to improve the quality of grain. In 2021, 440 thousand hectares of coffee were processed. , which make up 6% of the country’s agricultural land, playing a critical role in development and social inclusion,” they add.

The main regions producing organic coffee are Amazonas, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huanuco, Junin, Pasco, Piura, Puno and San Martin.

Midagry also points out that Peru It is one of the main producing countries of Arabica coffee, the production of which is higher in areas located at an altitude of 800 to 2000 meters above sea level.

In terms of regular coffee, Peru is the world’s ninth largest producer and exporter, behind only Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Honduras, India and Mexico.

export Peruvian coffee registered up to last year was $760 million and is expected to hit $1,200 million this year, the highest since 2011.