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UNAPA

Nicaraguan agricultural producers' union

UNAPA (National Union of Agricultural Associated Producers) is a Nicaraguan national union which represents small farmers, livestock breeders, forestry producers, fisheries, agro-dealers and services, under an associative and self-managed form of production that enables them to develop economies of scale and access technology, in order to gain competitiveness and be subjects to development, without regard to political inclination, religion, race or gender. UNAPA is an autonomous and independent organization, with a two-dimensional model:2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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UNAPA (National Union of Agricultural Associated Producers) is a Nicaraguan national union which represents small farmers, livestock breeders, forestry producers, fisheries, agro-dealers and services, under an associative and self-managed form of production that enables them to develop economies of scale and access technology, in order to gain competitiveness and be subjects to development, without regard to political inclination, religion, race or gender.2

The story

UNAPA has its roots on the small farmer union movements as part of the co-managerial experience acquired by the Association of Rural Workers (ATC) and gains legal recognition as a non-governmental organization in 1994. Its highest authority is the General Assembly, which is formed by 20000 associated workers and cooperatives members, directors, managers, technicians and professionals. Its executive body is the National Board and the Central Office.

Individual producers that are not part of a cooperative are clustered by category in the territories.

From Wikipedia’s article on UNAPA, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

UNAPA now heads towards the strengthening of cooperative unions, establishment of the Federation of Farmers Cooperatives FECAMPO and the promotion of a fair trading system known as MERCAMPO to get the products directly to consumers.

As a guild and in an aggregate UNAPA counts with 17473 hectares suitable for agricultural crops, 35000 acres of pasture for livestock and 13977 hectares of forest land.

The main item of commercial production are: coffee, rice, tobacco, sesame, soy, peanuts, sorghum, maize, sugar cane, shrimp, cattle, milk, meat, agricultural inputs, organic farming, roasted coffee and cereals.

From Wikipedia’s article on UNAPA, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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