{"id":9121,"date":"2019-07-08T00:55:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T00:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moevarua.com\/kape-cafe-coffee\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T00:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:37:25","slug":"kape-cafe-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moevarua.com\/en\/kape-cafe-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Kape – Caf\u00e9 – Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kape – Caf\u00e9 – Coffee<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Agricultural experiments at Vaitea Farm<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

At the beginning of 2018, the Department of Natural Resources of the Ma’u Henua Community has been developing experimental plantings of plants that are endemic or have been introduced over time. The goal is to generate a bank of species of native plants (taro, kumara<\/em> \u2013 sweet potato, manioc, etc.), medicinal plants and introduced fruit for the community.\u00a0 The plantation can be found at the Vaitea Farm, a rural area of great historical importance due to its agricultural and livestock use in the period when the Island was administered by the Compa\u00f1\u00eda Explotadora de Isla de Pascua (1905-1953). This sector offers favorable climatic conditions for developing sustainable agricultural projects for rescue and preservation, which could be visited by tourists and locals alike.
Mariana Olivares-Tuki, head of the Department of Natural Resources, states, \u201cThe Vaitea Farm was handed over to be administered by Ma’u Henua in 2017.\u00a0 It was really not in optimum condition for agricultural work. It took us around a year to clean it and work up the soil, since it was like a garbage dump, especially as a \u2018cemetery\u2019 for the old machinery from the sheep ranch. On the farm, there are two important spots \u2013 the forest and the home farm. Our most important work has been done in the forest, where we held several activities to rescue the native plants and organize ancestral plots, using the ancient techniques of \u2018stone gardens\u2019 and the manavai<\/em> (an old system of stone windbreaks) with the residues from the forest floor and making our own \u2018potting soil\u2019 through natural decomposition, without any chemical products, as well as setting up the \u2018stone gardens\u2019 for cultivation and adapting this ancestral system to the modern technology of today.\u201d

Coffee came to Easter Island in the 19th<\/sup> Century, when it is thought to have been brought by the Compa\u00f1\u00eda Explotadora de Isla de Pascua and later cultivated by the islanders. Today, what remains is considered to be a coffee that is exclusively Rapanui.\u00a0\u00a0 Mariana Olivares tells us that: \u201con April 13th<\/sup> of last year, Ma’u Henua began a plantation of coffee together with the children of the community in an activity of kakimikaoka te mamari<\/em> (the day of the Easter bunny), which was organized by the Municipality.\u00a0 To date, we have around 400 coffee plants of about 1.20 meters (4 feet) high. In this first stage, we have already seen some production.\u00a0 The harvest gave us around one kilogram (2.2 lbs) of coffee per plant, which will allow us to check the quality of the product and determine the feasibility of continuing. Our goal is to give it an added-value by identifying it as exclusive to Rapa Nui.
\u201cOur most important challenge is the access to water.\u00a0 We are currently working on a project to set up a humidifier which can capture particles of humidity in the air and convert them into water.\u00a0 At a minimum, it\u00a0 should be 5000 liters (1320 gallons) per day. To get to that, we need to form some alliances with other organizations. We have to be prepared for climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n

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