Rwanda, along with many other African nations, has a long way to go for its coffee exports to catch up to nations like Brazil. This is because the majority of Rwandan farmers is still farming on a subsistence level and producing low-grade coffee. However, the future for one community of Rwandan coffee growers looks bright thanks to the involvement of the Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture at Texas A&M University and USAID. They’re sponsoring an effort that’s helping to educate local farmers in the Rwandan province of Kibungo.
The project is called SPREAD, or Sustaining Partnerships to enhance Rural Enterprise and Agribusiness Development. Linda Cleboski, the program development coordinator for the Norman E. Borlaug Institute, said that the five-year plan focuses on improving the coffee yields for local farmers. It will later expand to other crops like chili peppers, cassava flowers, spices and tea crops.
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