Organic Wayanad
Kerala, India
Quick Facts
Country: India
Location: Pulpally, Kerala
Members: 400
Alttitude: 750 - 850m
Varietals: Robusta, CxR
Processing: washed & natural
Cupprofile: dark chocolate, pepper, nutmeg, cacao
Wayanad Organic Agricultural Development Society (Organic Wayanad) is a farmers association of more than 400 organic farmers, living in the district of Wayanad/Kerala, in the Malabar-Mountains on the lush green Western Ghats of India.
About
The farmer family practice a highly bio-diverse, small-scale cropping system with among other coffee, spices like pepper, gloves, nutmeg and ginger, fruit trees and vegetables. This system is based on traditional scientifically improved practices, called zero budget farming. They apply manure from local cow varieties, vermi-compost, neem cake etc. regularly at the onset of South West Monsoon in June. Berry borer is a major pest of Robusta coffee and it is effectively managed by adopting integrated methods like clean harvest, use of mats during harvest to prevent gleanings (fallen cherries) and keeping traps in the farms.
With the start of its co-operation with ROASTERS UNITED in 2014, Organic Wayanad started a centralized eco-friendly coffee processing which since then has been constantly improved. ROASTERS UNITED supported this process with knowledge transfer, technical support and financial assistance. The resulting washed Robusta coffee is almost exclusively reserved ROASTERS UNITED and befriendet companies and apparently counts among of the best organic Robusta coffees in the world.
