Guatemala

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Guatemala

• Lorena Calvo
• Director, ANACAFE
• President, MCG

Women in Coffee Production
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Contents

• My experience as producer
• Women ownership of farms in Guatemala
• Needs of women coffee producers
• Guatemalan Association of Women in Coffee (MCG)
• Success stories

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My experience as a coffee producer
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Bohemia Coffee Farm and Private Nature
ReserveQuetzaltenango, Guatemala
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4th generation
of coffee producers in my family
Bohemia Coffee Farm
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My experience
as a coffee producer
Coffee producer, ecologist, and biologist
5 years Producing coffee
Director Representing women on ANACAFEs Board
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At the farm
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Grafting Contest
At the farm
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Environmental Library
At the farm
for Children
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Guatemala Status of women in coffee
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Female ownership
of farms
2,925 farms registered at ANACAFE are owned by
women
193 women Currently run their farms ( 6.9 of the
total )
90 women Registered in the Guatemalan
Association of Women in Coffee (MCG)
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Producers Classification
total women-owned farms
2,925 farms
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Reasons for ownership
MCG Members
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Coffee Production
MCG Members
by coffee type
2006/2007 crop
In thousand 60-kilo bags of green coffee
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Educational Level
MCG Members
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Main needs
for women in coffee production
Negotiation and leadership skills
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MCGGuatemalan Association of Women in Coffee
Working together
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Guatemalan Association of Women in Coffee(MCG)

• Excellence
• Responsibility
• Tolerance
• Respect
• Integrity
• Honesty
• Empathy
• Humility
• Justice
• Loyalty

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Goals
COMPETITIVNESS To promote knowledge sharing and
personal development among its members as the way
to improve product quality and commercial
opportunities. SUSTAINABILITY To position and
promote associate members coffee in the national
and international market as a means to access
improved business opportunities.
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Mission
To empower women leaders in the Guatemalan coffee
industry by granting them the necessary tools to
become competitive at the national and
international level, aiming to provide them,
their children and their communities with a
sustainable livelihood.
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Who participates?

• Women coffee growers (individual or cooperatives)
  and exporters who are managing a production unit
  and are registered in ANACAFE
• Roasters and coffee shop owners
• Women who actively work at export companies
• Every woman who works in any link of the
  Guatemalan coffee chain (baristas, cuppers, etc.)

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Accomplishments
In two years of work

• Leadership Workshops
• Yearly Training Program

August 2006, 33 participants
April 2007, 44 participants
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Member Registration
Acomplishments
Member Database GPS location and mapping of
members farms
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Acomplishments
Information and Promotion
Website and promotional material
Legal registration of MCGs brand and logo
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Acomplishments
Leadership roles
Increasing participation in ANACAFEs Board of
Directors
2006/2007
2007/2008
First woman in ANACAFEs 46 years.
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Success stories
Guatemalan women in coffee
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Ruiz sisters
Inspiring efforts
Los Andes PNR, Coffee and Tea estateRun by Olga
Hazard
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Ruiz sisters inspiring efforts
Catalina Ruiz
First woman field manager in the history of the
estate
Los Andes PNR, Coffee and Tea estaterun by Olga
Hazard
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Ruiz sisters inspiring efforts
Marisol Ruiz
First woman in charge of coffee milling
Los Andes PNR, Coffee and Tea estaterun by Olga
Hazard
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Ruiz sisters inspiring efforts
Vilma Ruiz
First woman in charge of the administrative
office and eco-tourism project
Los Andes PNR, Coffee and Tea estaterun by Olga
Hazard
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Celia Cermeño
working with children
El Capuchino coffee farmrun by Esther Eskenasy
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Celia Cermeño
Cares for children while their parents were
working in the coffee harvest
Day-care program established in 2007
Children aged from 8 months to 4 years
El Capuchino coffee farmrun by Esther Eskenasy
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Thank you!
For additional information visit
www.mujerescafeguatemala.org

• Lorena Calvo
• Director, ANACAFE
• President, MCG
• lcalvo_at_intelnett.com