Peruvian coffee eyes international market

By IANS
Wednesday August 15, 09:04 AM

Lima, Aug 15 (IANS) Peruvian coffee is seeking its place in the international market with a seal of quality backed by 10 years of sustained production.

Not a traditional part of the diet in this Andean nation, Peruvian coffee is grown in the tropical forest region, at altitudes of between 800 metres and 2,000 metres on the eastern slopes of the Andes, the Spanish news agency EFE said.

In this area, some 150,000 families grow the grain, accounting for 90 percent of national coffee production.

Their dedication to coffee growing, which provided a way of overcoming the trials of the 20-year civil war that ravaged Peru, has given the commodity a prominent role in the national economy.

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