During the Pichanaki Coffee Festival, Envol Vert presented its “Responsible Coffee” quiz, originally developed for the “Sumate al Bosque” festival in Lima.
Unlike this festival, which took place in the Kennedy Park in Miraflores, the visitors came from a much wider range of backgrounds: from coffee lovers on a tourist trip to professionals specialized in the coffee sector, and a large majority of producers from the region. This mix allowed more contrasted, richer and sometimes confusing exchanges for the volunteers in charge of the quiz. For example, the construction of the final price of coffee sold in Europe, showing the tiny proportion that goes to the producer, provoked many lively debates and political demands from the producers. On the other hand, the explanation of the virtuous and sustainable circle of agroforestry and its resilience to price variations had a great impact and many people had never seen their soil as a bank account from which successive harvests are like withdrawals whose frequency and high amount can make it bankrupt.
The quiz ended around a tree in the main square of the town, which was thanked for all the benefits it brought us free of charge, and then pins were distributed to the participants.
Another interesting innovation at this event was that two of the four volunteers present on the first day were young project participants from one of the community nurseries. Having been prepared for the quiz discourse and briefed on the frequent questions, they were able to join the team without difficulty and sometimes even gave answers from the field in a very interesting horizontal producer-producer exchange. A great involvement to transmit together good agricultural practices for a sustainable sector!
During the Pichanaki Coffee Festival, Envol Vert presented its “Responsible Coffee” quiz, originally developed for the “Sumate al Bosque” festival in Lima.
Unlike this festival, which took place in the Kennedy Park in Miraflores, the visitors came from a much wider range of backgrounds: from coffee lovers on a tourist trip to professionals specialized in the coffee sector, and a large majority of producers from the region. This mix allowed more contrasted, richer and sometimes confusing exchanges for the volunteers in charge of the quiz. For example, the construction of the final price of coffee sold in Europe, showing the tiny proportion that goes to the producer, provoked many lively debates and political demands from the producers. On the other hand, the explanation of the virtuous and sustainable circle of agroforestry and its resilience to price variations had a great impact and many people had never seen their soil as a bank account from which successive harvests are like withdrawals whose frequency and high amount can make it bankrupt.
The quiz ended around a tree in the main square of the town, which was thanked for all the benefits it brought us free of charge, and then pins were distributed to the participants.
Another interesting innovation at this event was that two of the four volunteers present on the first day were young project participants from one of the community nurseries. Having been prepared for the quiz discourse and briefed on the frequent questions, they were able to join the team without difficulty and sometimes even gave answers from the field in a very interesting horizontal producer-producer exchange. A great involvement to transmit together good agricultural practices for a sustainable sector!
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