Organic coffee from the Alto Mayo Protected Forest reaches the Japanese market

An important milestone in the contribution of protected natural areas to the economic and social development of Peru was the export to the Japanese market of more than 5,000 kilos of organic coffee grown and harvested in the Alto Mayo Protection Forest (BPAM), reported the National Service of Natural Protected Areas by the State (Sernanp). This first shipment of green coffee to the company Mamenoki INC of Japan, symbolizes the strengthening of the productive chain of this resource and the access to new international markets that value products produced sustainably with the conservation of biodiversity and nature that these types of protected spaces house. This important achievement benefits the coffee growers' associations of the regions of San Martín and Amazonas, among which stands out the Café Bosque y Mujer, which is produced solely by the women members of the Cooperativa de Servicios Múltiples Bosques del Alto Mayo LTDA (Coopbam). Likewise, the Café Huasta, which is ...