Julio Palli has cultivated coffee for a duration of seven years on his 0.5- hectare property, known as Finca Bartolome. Since the inception of his farm, he has participated in Agricafé's 'Sol de la Manana' mentorship program, where he acquired expertise in nursery and farm management, plant nutrition, specialty harvesting, and biodiversity preservation. In the past year, he constructed a residence on the premises, opting to spend the majority of his time there rather than in urban areas. Assisted by his daughter, he engages in cherry picking and maintains the coffee nursery. Julio harbors optimistic aspirations for his daughter to eventually establish her own farm.
Agricafe is a Bolivian family business that produces coffee from it's own farms and sources high-quality micro-lots from small producers in the regions of Los Yungas and Santa Cruz. As pioneers within South American specialty coffee, Agricafe initially entered the coffee industry in 1986, when Pedro Rodriguez decided to pursue his passion for agriculture. Over 34 years later, he has seen and lived the ups and downs of Bolivian coffee and is now working along with his daughter Daniela and his son Pedro Pablo. The trio runs the company with the idea of restoring and improving Bolivian coffee by launching producer training programs and planting their own farms across the above-mentioned regions.
