Introduction to the characteristics of boutique coffee in the manor area

Before 1 January 2006, the country was divided into 12 provinces. Later, in order to solve the problems caused by the massacre in Rwanda in 1994, the government decided to reorganize the political district. The first reason is the decentralization of power to the local authorities, because the authorities believe that the excessive concentration of government power is the main factor leading to genocide, and the second is to diversify the ethnic groups in the various districts so as to reduce the division between ethnic groups. Rwanda is located in the south of the equator in east-central Africa, a landlocked country. It is bordered by Tanzania to the east, Burundi to the south, Zaire to the west and northwest, and Uganda to the north, with a land area of 26338 square kilometers, ranking 149th among all countries in the world and close to Burundi, Macedonia, Haiti and Albania. Rwanda is located in east-central Africa, bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, Uganda to the north, Tanzania to the east, and Burundi to the south. The country is landlocked within several latitudes south of the equator. Kigali, the capital, is located near the center of the country, where the watershed between the Congo basin and the Nile basin runs through Rwanda from north to south, with about 80 per cent of the country draining from the Nile and about 20 per cent from the Luzi River and Lake Tanganyika. The longest river in the country is the Niabalongo River (Nyabarongo River) in the southwest, which turns north, east and southeast into the Ruwuwu River and forms the Kagera River, which flows due north along the eastern border of Tanzania. Both the Niabarongo River and the Cagella River will eventually flow into Lake Victoria. There are many lakes in Rwanda, of which Lake Kivu is the largest. The lake is located at the bottom of the Aberdeen Rift Valley and extends along the western border of Rwanda. With a maximum depth of 480 meters, it is one of the 20 deepest lakes in the world. Several other larger lakes include Lake Burera, Lake Ruhondo, Lake Muhazi, Lake Rweru and Lake Ihema, of which Aishma is the largest in a series of lakes in the eastern plain of Akagera National Park.

In 2000, the Mayor of Malaba requested development assistance from the National University of Rwanda (UNR), which is located near the city of Butare, and the following year, the National University of Rwanda assisted in the establishment of the Joint strengthening Rwanda Agricultural Partnership (PEARL). The PEARL project is also supported by several organizations: the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Michigan State University, Texas A & M University, and many other Rwandan organizations, including the National University of Rwanda, the National Agricultural Laboratory (ISAR) and the Gejali Institute of Technology Management (KIST). In February 2001, PEARL began working with Abauzam Gamby to improve the quality of coffee to meet the standards of the professional coffee market in the United States, which was then sold to the United States during the 2002 harvest season. Rwanda introduced a new certification system to ensure that the beans shipped to the cleaning station maintain the proper quality. About half of Abauzam Gambi's members are certified and co-operatives are able to find buyers in professional markets in Europe and North America. Comic relief, a British charity, is also interested in Malaba. They pledged to use some of the 55 million pounds earned from their 2001 Red nose Day (Red Nose Day) in Britain and Africa to donate to the Genocide Widows Association (Association des Veuves du Genocide,AVEGA), an association set up for the widows of the 1994 Rwanda massacre. The charity found that many Malaba farmers are also members of AVEGA, so they can provide funds and assistance to Malaba farmers through AVEGA. They then contacted the British coffee roasting company (Union Coffee Roasters) and their representatives visited Malaba together with senior officials of the International Fair Trade labelling Organization (FLO) in 2002. After a group of people visited various places, they awarded proof that Malaba coffee had also become a commodity for the first time for Rwandan cooperatives to gain fair trade status. UCR described Malaba Coffee as "flashing citrus flavors with rich, sweet chocolate notes" and bought all the unsold products during the 2002 harvest. Starting in 2003, PEARL thought the mode of operation was self-sufficient and gradually reduced financial support from the Abauzam Gamby Cooperative. Cooperatives provide grower loans to help improve their living standards and can invest in livestock, health insurance and education. A cooperative bank opened in March in the village, allowing farmers to maintain and manage their savings locally without having to trek to the city of Butare Malaba Coffee, which grows in southern Rwanda, about 12km (7 miles) from Butare and 150km (93 miles) from the capital, Gejali. The plan began in the Malaba area of Butare province, but was taken over by a local government organization in 2006, which is now part of the Huye district of the southern province. Due to its proximity to the East African Rift Valley and the Neuenway Forest Mountains, this zone is sloping, steep and has fertile volcanic soil. Coffee is grown at 1700 to 2100 m (5577-6889 ft) above sea level, usually with terraces on steep hillsides. The zone also has an average annual rainfall of 115 centimeters (45 inches). Most of them come from the rainy season from March to May, which is also the main coffee harvest season. The temperature at high altitude is slightly lower, with an average of about 20 °C (68 °F), which varies slightly due to seasons.