Effective measures have been taken so as to boost the performance of coffee companies during the 2018-2019 campaign. This was said by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, this Thursday, March 29, during a press conference on the preparation of coffee season.
Déo-Guide Rurema: “Coffee alone brings more than 60% of the foreign currency resulting from exports”.
“Transit centers are prohibited in the areas covered by the pulping and washing stations. Each washing station must have data sheets for coffee growers and a reliable weighing system, calibrated, covered and certified by the national standardization office-BBN,” says Déo-Guide Rurema, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, adding that the payment in cash is strictly forbidden.
He also says the payment will be made in two installments and the purchase price of the cherry coffee is fixed at 500 BIF per kg.
Rurema says an advance can be granted by the washing station to a producer who requests it but cannot exceed 20% of the production already delivered.
He says there will be a marketing assessment to evaluate the performance of each company.
The Agriculture Minister also says coffee alone brings more than 60% of the foreign currency resulting from exports. “It is one of the crops grown primarily by small scale producers and their income depends on it.”
During the 2016-2017 coffee season, the production was 14,674 tons of green coffee. For the 2017-2018 coffee season, the figures are 15,864 tonnes while the expected production will be around 20,000 tonnes for the 2018-2019 coffee season.
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