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Cooperativa Cacahuatl
🇸🇻 El Salvador - La Paz · San Pedro Nonualco - Criollo + Trinitario
In stock (bags · Nahù)
History and traceability
Identity card
- OriginEl Salvador
- RegionLa Paz · San Pedro Nonualco
- SpeciesTheobroma cacao
- VarietyCriollo + Trinitario
- Fermentation6 days / 80%
- Drying17 days
- Altitude700 m
- Harvest periodSep – Jan
- SupplierNahù
- ProducerRoberto Reyes (16 producers, 8 women)
- Founded2019
- Production1,630 kg (for Nahù)
- Area~15 ha collective
Where your cacao comes from
The impact of this cacao
Women-led
♀Women
producers take part in management and production
In the community that grows this lot, women producers take part both in the field and in decision-making. Giving women income and a voice is one of the most effective paths to lasting development in cacao-growing regions.
Agroforestri seviyesi
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Forest cacao
More than 10 species per hectare and at least 3 shade layers
Agroforestry brings cacao trees together with shade trees and other crops on the same plot. It protects biodiversity, nourishes the soil and helps the pods ripen more evenly.
Quality
Processing
- Fermentation6 days / 80%
- Drying17 days
- HarvestSep – Jan
- Altitude700 m
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