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Honduran Coffee

Café hondureño

Agricultural region

⚠ HONDURAS IS THE LARGEST COFFEE PRODUCER IN CENTRAL AMERICA and among the largest arabica exporters in the world, which is a recent position — the expansion is largely post-1990 and coffee is now the leading agricultural export. Six recognised growing regions: COPÁN, OPALACA, MONTECILLOS (which contains MARCALA, holder of Honduras’s denomination of origin), COMAYAGUA, EL PARAÍSO and AGALTA. Smallholder-dominated, shade-grown at altitude, wet-processed, with Lenca producers prominent in Montecillos and Opalaca. ⚠ AND THE SHOCKS ARE PART OF THE RECORD: COFFEE LEAF RUST (roya) caused a documented emergency across the 2012-14 harvests, and price collapses have repeatedly driven migration from the coffee districts.

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Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Lenca community documented

Languages: Spanish, Lenca-Honduras

What is recorded

  • Honduras is the largest coffee producer in Central America and among the largest arabica exporters globally, a position reached largely through post-1990 expansion. Six growing regions are recognised: Copán, Opalaca, Montecillos, Comayagua, El Paraíso and Agalta. Marcala holds a Honduran denomination of origin. Coffee leaf rust caused a documented emergency across the 2012-14 harvests, and price collapses are documented as drivers of migration from coffee districts. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

  • part of Central American Coffee documented

    Honduras is now the largest Central American producer, largely through post-1990 expansion.

  • related to Lenca Foodways documented

    Lenca producers are prominent in the Montecillos and Opalaca regions, and Marcala holds the national denomination of origin.

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