The benefits obtained by the creation of hundreds of jobs due to SARPA's economical activities are enormous for the families in Utinga.
The improvement in the quality of life for those people, living in an area that lacks of jobs opportunities, is seen by the increase of money circulating in the local commerce and services, growing every year, especially during the period of the coffee harvest.
To enable people to stay in their hometown, where they were born and grew up, without having to migrate to greater urban centers in search of a job opportunity, where often they will end up marginalized, has a immense value to the society, especially in Bahia, a state where two thirds of it's area (equivalent to France) is located in a poor and semi-arid region.
Not to mechanize a property with the size as big as Belmonte Farm is an economically difficult decision, but it's also a socially correct one. The coffee sold by SARPA carries in each bag a huge quota of benefits for hundreds of people that helped in each stage of its production, from the small seedling plantation until its final processing.
SARPA built decent homes to 35 employees families that live permanently at the Belmonte Farm.
Good quality Lodging, comfortable, with mattresses, bathrooms and cooking area are offered to all temporary workers that overnight at the farm during the harvest period or whenever a great number of workers is necessary.
