Rwanda wants to export 24500 tons of coffee in 2018. How much is the coffee from Rwanda?

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Rwanda's National Agricultural Export Development Agency (NAEB) said recently that the country is working to improve the total quantity and quality of coffee exports, with a target of 24500 tons in 2018.

Celestine Getaraya, manager of the NAEB coffee department, said that Rwanda's coffee exports rose from 22000 tons in 2016 to 23000 tons in 2017 and will continue to grow in 2018.

Getaraya revealed that by 2024, Lu plans to plant 34000 new coffee trees, and coffee production capacity is expected to double through the proper use of fertilizers and the adoption of comprehensive pest management measures.

"We are trying to increase control of a stink bug pest called Antestia, and 30 per cent of coffee will be affected if it is not properly controlled," Getaraya said. However, because pesticides pollute the environment and destroy biodiversity, we are looking for domestic environment-friendly pesticides. Once the quality of exported coffee is improved, so will the price. "

Alfred Bizoza, an associate professor of agricultural economics at the University of Rwanda, said that low prices have led to low coffee production in the country, with coffee fruit selling for only 177 Rwandan francs (1.3 yuan) per kilogram. The production input is as high as 300 Rwandan francs (2.3 yuan) per kilogram. Bizuoza encourages farmers in cooperatives to increase their yields, but so far only 14% of coffee growers have joined the cooperatives.

Bizuoza explained that research shows that in 2015, cooperative growers could harvest 1.5 kilograms of coffee per tree, compared with 1.4 kilograms per tree for non-cooperative growers. In 2017, cooperative members can harvest 2 kg of coffee per tree, while non-cooperative members can harvest only 1.47 kg.

Isaac Ensazamahlo, a member of a grower called the Dukunde Kawa Cooperative in Lu, said that farmers can now sell coffee fruit at a price of 240 Rwandan francs per kilogram, but it is still a loss-making business, and to make a profit, the lowest price per kilogram of coffee fruit should be at least 280 Rwandan francs.

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