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Rwanda is located in the heart of the interior of Africa. Its fertile mountain terrain and ancient traditional bourbon species indicate that the natural environment needed to grow high-quality coffee beans can be seen everywhere in Rwanda. Coffee was introduced to Rwanda by German missionaries in 1904 and began to flourish in 1930 because it was the only income-earning crop for rural farmers. Whether it was Arabica harvested in March-June or Robsta harvested in May-June, the government encouraged in effect ordering the production of low-quality and high-yield coffee, even though poor quality played an important role in Rwanda's economic development at that time, because it was one of the few crops that could earn cash, but as global coffee prices collapsed, it continued to promote the policy of exporting low-quality Arabica coffee. Changes are bound to be made.

The 1994 genocide claimed nearly 500000 lives and almost wiped out the knowledge and technology of coffee bean growing. at the same time, coffee prices around the world fell sharply, making Rwanda's coffee industry even worse. The coffee industry in Rwanda is now on the rise again, hoping to re-establish the infrastructure needed for the production and processing of boutique coffee beans at a steady pace, most notably the Joint enhanced Rwanda Agricultural Partnership (PEARL), which is mainly to help Rwanda rebuild agricultural institutions, production capacity and cultivate agricultural talent to help local small farms sell coffee beans directly to buyers in the boutique coffee market. Unlike neighboring Kenya, Ethiopia has a centralized auction system, but its agricultural cooperatives can buy and sell coffee directly with buyers. However, if coffee beans are to be exported from landlocked countries, they have to travel 1500 kilometers to the port of Mombasa Mombasa in Kenya or the port of Dares-Salam Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, after the exercise of the 2007 Crop of Gold' Golden Bean Competition. Rwanda then held its first C.O.E coffee competition in 2008, which drew more buyers' attention to the high-quality bourbon beans produced in Rwanda.

Unlike other large quantities of coffee beans in Abakundakawa Rushashi, Duhingekawa produces small batches of coffee, which is made up of 70 women who specialize in bean picking. The cooperative is certified by the Fair Trade Association (fair trade) and is part of USAID's project to improve the quality of life in Rwanda.

Property Characteristics: farm characteristics

Farm Farm name: Women's subgroup Duhingekawa Women's Cooperative

Grade level: A1/A2

Region producing area: Rushashi, Gakenke District

City City: Abakundakawa Abekandekos

Country country: Rwanda Rwanda

Altitude altitude: 1500Murray 2000m

Certification certification: fair Trade Association (Fair Trade) certification

Farm profile:

Abakundakawa is a 1700-member coffee cooperative with a washing factory located in Rushashi. The coffee of this cooperative is grown at an altitude of about 1600murl 1800m. The main varieties of coffee are traditional yellow bourbon varieties, which are treated with typical washing methods and dried in scaffolding. This is a fair trade association (Fair Trade) certified fair trade beans, which is part of the USAID project to improve the quality of life in Rwanda. In particular, all the harvesting and the whole production process are completed by an exclusive organization composed of 70 women. "Duhingekawa" means women's coffee. But sadly, many of these women are widows left over from the Holocaust. I can't say that this Rwandan coffee is much better than the regular Rushashi, but it is the result of blind testing.

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