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Heiber Andres Trujillo Samboni in the coffee fields<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Heiber Andres Trujillo Samboni, 29 years old, Colombian. Profession: Agronomic Egineer and PhD student in Agronomy Sciences in Ondokuz Mayis University in Turkey. Son of a family farmers dedicated to the production of coffee for all generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I met him during a cupping event in his hometown Pitalito, when I was travelling with a group of coffee roasters and coffee importers from Austria and Germany. Here is what he thinks about coffee, fair trade and agriculture in Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. What is it that links you to coffee? Why do you work with\ncoffee?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agriculture in our region represents the primary working\nactivity that has been maintained over generations through the transfer of\nfirst-hand knowledge about the cultivation and production of coffee. This\nactivity also represents the main economic pillar to support coffee-growing\nfamilies and social development within the region. Coffee growing has also\nserved to raise awareness of the cultural aspects of the farmers, who have\nsubsequently started to receive great national and international recognition\n–  the population has therefore become\nrightly proud of this activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I work with coffee out of a sense of responsibility, and at the same time it is an activity which has opened up all kinds of opportunities for me – both personally and amongst my family.  Coffee is an interesting product – not only does it offer the opportunity to maintain oneself and one’s family economically, but also to constantly develop oneself personally. For me it means that I can and must acquire knowledge in the development and application of new technologies, as well as in the search for solutions to problems at every stage of the agricultural process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. What did you do before you worked with Coffee?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coffee was the first job I learned – in the region where we live (Department of Huila, Colombia) coffee is the main source of income for most people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. What is the most important thing about coffee for you? What\nis \u201egood coffee\u201c for you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, the most important thing about coffee is the\ndiversity it represents, both in the way it is produced and also in the\npreparation. Coffee is a very flexible product that can be adapted to a variety\nof conditions – this can be seen not only in the agronomic care, but also in\nthe variety of coffee-based by-products that are currently being developed.\nThis flexibility in cultivation and post-harvesting means that coffee\ncultivation can be carried out by large, medium and small producers alike – all\nover the country at both regional and national scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, a good coffee is one which combines all the\ncharacteristics which are pleasant for my taste in terms of taste, body, aroma,\nacidity, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for me, coffee is best when it has been grown\nsustainably. This means that origin and cultivation practices play an important\nrole,  and that both harvesting and\npost-harvesting are undertaken using a sustainable production model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. How do you drink your coffee (preferably)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I prefer to drink espresso but there are other preparations I also like, for example cappuccino or milkshakes based on coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. What do you think about fair trade?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fair trade arose from the need to meet the costs of\nproducers and also to establish social and environmental standards within  the production chain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although this concept and movement has been functioning for\nseveral years, there is a great deal of ignorance among business leaders in the\nproduction and trade chain. This is true for producers and traders, but also\nfor the overall industry when it comes to establishing the rules of negotiation\n– hence why fair trade has not been implemented efficiently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least for the time being, the biggest problem for coffee\nproducers in Colombia has to do with trade – although coffee is the most\nimportant agricultural product  in the\nColombian economy, low prices and wide price fluctuations mean that production\ncosts are often not covered. As a result, many farmers are no longer able to\ngrow coffee because they cannot feed their families from the sales revenues.\nThey now have to grow other products or take up other activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, the efforts to promote the consumption of sustainable coffee varieties and the interaction of the buyer direct with producer make for interesting activities in this pursuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Is there anything else you would like to add?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest obstacles to the development and\ncompetitiveness of the agricultural sector in Colombia, including coffee\ncultivation, is the low level of adoption of science and technology. I also\nthink it is absolutely necessary to train farmers in topics such as\npost-harvest and the use of new technologies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think that\ncoffee growing should have greater recognition not only in national settings,\nbut also in global markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At present our\nregion has the best coffee producers, they are people who work with great\nefforts to guarantee a high quality product, overcoming obstacles of technical,\nclimatic type and market fluctuations. However, working conditions and dignity\nare precarious. The coffee sector is going through a crisis related to high\ninput prices, but above all at the low price that markets pay for Colombian coffee.\nThe lack of guarantees results in the leavement of the farms and with it a new\nform of migration in the country. Although fair trade policies have been\nproposed for several years and are aimed at “promoting fair conditions in\nthe exercise of the marketing of products and services that guarantee the\nsocial and environmental sustainability of the activity, involving responsible\nconsumers” in the There is a great lack of knowledge on all actors that\nare part of the coffee production and trade chain. I think it is important to\nbring customers (buyers and consumers) to know directly the way we produce\ncoffee, to identify the importance that coffee represents for social, cultural,\nenvironmental and economic stability of more than 560.000 families that depend\non this activity. In addition, I consider it important for the world to\nrecognize quality and pay for what is necessary because only in this way can we\nguarantee the sustainability of coffee growing in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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