Short Portrait of UCIRI:

Year started:                                    1983

Number of families involved:             2508 (as of today... it's always changing!)  in 55 Indigenous
                                                          communities

Ethnic Groups:                                   Zapotecas, Mixes, Chontales y Mixtecos, Chatinos

Cultivated Lands:                              an average per family of 2-5 hectares for coffee
trees, and 5-8 hectares for subsistence crops

Type of organization:                        democratic, one representative per family

Projects:                                            organic agriculture school, natural medicine program, 
transport  system, cooperative food stores, hardware 
store, mills for grinding corn, home renovation,  
credit union.

Coffee production:                            all arabica, altitude of 700-1400 m

Agriculture method:                          organic, certified by the Swedish organization KRAV and 
the national certification body: Certimex.

Main buyers:                                      Malongo (France), A. Van Weely (Holland), CTM (Italy), 
Bertschi (Switzerland), Sackeus (Sweden), GEPA (Germany), 
Equal Exchange (USA), Café Campesino (USA), 
Just Us (Canada), Carrefour (France). 
And others.

Main products:                                   Green coffee European preparation, HB. Instant 
coffee in 100 and 200 grams jars, all Organic Certified.
Marmalades made from passion fruit and other
tropical fruits.