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Profile of CACVRA in Peru |
 CACVRA (the Agrarian Coffee Cooperative of the Apurimac River Valley) was formed in 1969 to market coffee for small-scale farmers in Peru.
In the 1980s, the co-op and surrounding communities in the remote Apurimac Valley were severely impacted by the social and political conflict occurring in Peru’s Ayacucho Province. Within the last several years, CACVRA has recovered to re-establish strong export volumes of coffee, and has also become a significant producer and exporter of organic cacao to international markets.
The co-op now consists of close to 1,600 members and sells 100% of its cacao through the Fair Trade system. CACVRA has invested substantial resources into cultivating and marketing cacao of the highest quality.
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