October 15, 2010 Coffee from Peru's coca-growing VRAE region wins national contest
By Mario Sandoval
LivinginPeru.com
VRAE coffee growers
In the VRAE region, the Peruvian government and USAID is promoting coffee as an alternative to growing coca.
Yesterday, Café Típica, a coffee produced by a farmer from the Apurimac river valley, won the first prize in Peru's most prestigious coffee competition.
Alfredo Yuccra, a member of an Apurimac…
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