SOURCE: DATE: 2015-03-11
FULL PUBLICATION: http://travelblog.viator.com/discovering-coffee-culture-nicaragua/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discovering-coffee-culture-nicaragua

Coffee has played an important role in Nicaragua since its arrival in the 1800’s. Large-scale coffee crops started making an appearance in the 1850’s and by 1870, coffee was the primary export crop of Nicaragua. According to the Equal Exchange Co-op, whose mission is to foster mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers, more than 40,000 coffee-farm families cultivate coffee beans, many of which help preserve the country’s forests and threatened biodiversity. By the late 1990’s, coffee production contributed $140 million US to Nicaragua’s economy and provided the equivalent of 280,000 permanent agricultural jobs. It’s estimated that 95% of Nicaragua’s coffee farmers are micro and small-scale producers.Discovering Coffee Culture in Nicaragua by Viator Travel Team from Viator Travel Blog