UCA San Ramón, Matagalpa and their eagerness to overcome the Roya

Master Toon Oome continues to develop its agenda very promptly and efficiently. Today met with Lic. Blanca Rosa Molina, Manager of the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of the municipality of San Ramón (UCA-San Ramón) who received him early in the morning, March 27, 2015.

Lic. Molina, who is also President of CECOCAFEN is a lady of very small stature, but with vast knowledge in matters of cooperatives involved with them since 1993, making it worthy of the charges now holds, white complexion and green eyes deep, we met in his office in the town of San Ramon, 12.1 km from the provincial capital of Matagalpa, the road still under construction, has sections that no vehicle checkpoints and that slows a little arrival at destination, a little more than 20 minutes on a motorcycle.

They talked entertaining and frankly on the subject of coffee, and Lic. Molina, responded to a battery of 8 questions that led Toon drafted in advance, including the number of partners, cooperatives, involvement of rust in coffee and its impact on the co-financing, in order, questions of great interest to the friend Toon Oome. Also the opportunity to talk with the President of the UCA San Ramón, Ms. Mireya Garay, who in turn is a member of a cooperative called Privilege, run entirely by women that have come forward themselves waging get a toaster was given the allowing them to produce and process coffee, package it and market it with great success, since its products are offered in Matagalpa, San Ramon and even in their own community, consume the product.

Rust in coffee, is the most devastating disease in the ruble, caused by a fungus that affects the coffee leaves causing premature leaf drop that affects the low production thereof. For an idea, in 2012 a total of 25 million pounds was obtained, and with the involvement of rust fell to 6 million pounds, this means a loss about a little over 40% of production.

Leaf with rust fungus

We hope that this approach is very beneficial for the coffee sector, which was affected by the plague of rust during 2012-2013 and seeks as raise their crops destroyed and again like a phoenix, with greater impetus for the welfare of families farmers of San Ramon.