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● projectScaled · subnational · 1980

Tosepan Titataniske Union of Cooperatives

Indigenous Nahua and Tutunaku cooperative movement in the Sierra Nororiental of Puebla, active since 1977 and formalized in 1980, bringing together more than 53,000 members across dozens of municipalities in Puebla and Veracruz.

Close-up of ripe red coffee cherries on the branchillustrative atlas image · Sonny Sixteen / Pexels
UDUnión de Cooperativas TosepangrassrootsÁAÁlvaro Aguilar Ayón
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01 The context

It was born to address the shortage of basic foods and today sustains a comprehensive food sovereignty project: organic production of coffee, pepper and melipona honey, fair trade, cooperative savings, agroecology, intercultural education and defense of the territory.

02 How it works

method · Agroecological cooperativism and fair trademethod · Peasant popular education / dialogue of knowledgestool · Shade-grown coffee agroforestry systemstool · Tosepantomin cooperative savings fund and Tosepan Limakxtum community radio

03 What it stands on

Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
2 published documents support this project. No independent evaluation is in the atlas yet. Know of any? Contribute it.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceUnión de Cooperativas Tosepan Titataniske (caso de éxito)Red InnovAgro · 2017
EvidenceSociedad cooperativa agropecuaria regional Tosepan Titataniske (ficha OSALA)Observatorio de Soberanía Alimentaria y Agroecología (OSALA) · 2013

04 Go to the source

Visit the official site ↗tosepan.coop