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01 February 2019, 06:45 - 08:30

République démocratique du Congo

La production de café en RDC a été dévastée par la guerre civile. La majeure partie de la production est produite à petite échelle et ne produit que 250 kg par hectare, alors que le rendement pourrait atteindre 2 000 kg. La faible productivité met en péril la survie de la production de café au moment où les agriculteurs se tournent vers la culture de la banane.

La qualité du café est faible. Les pratiques avant et après récolte ne permettent pas d'améliorer la qualité des plants de café. Il n’existe pas non plus d’unité centrale de traitement des grains de café, ce qui entraîne des grains de café de mauvaise qualité. Chaque agriculteur transforme le café dans sa propre ferme (café lavé à la ferme), ce qui lui permet de produire un café de qualité variable.

La seule usine de café restante dans le Sud-Kivu fonctionne à faible capacité en raison de l'approvisionnement irrégulier en grains de café. Les agriculteurs ne sont pas encouragés à vendre régulièrement car ils n’ont pas conclu de contrat de vente pour l’exportation.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Coffee production in the DRC was devastated by the civil war. Most of the production is by small scale who only manage to produce 250kg per hectare, when the yield could reach 2000kg. Low productivity puts the survival of the coffee production at risk as farmers are switching to banana farming.

Coffee quality is low. Both pre-harvest and post-harvest practices fail to improve the quality of the coffee plants. There is also no central processing unit for the coffee beans, leading to low quality coffee beans. Each farmer processes the coffee on their own farm (farm-washed coffee) which produces a coffee supply of varying quality.

The only remaining coffee factory in South-Kivu works at low capacity due to the irregular supply of coffee beans. Farmers are not encouraged to sell regularly because they do not have sale agreements for export.

Languages

There are approximately 240 languages spoken in the DRC. The official language of the DRC is French. Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo and Tshiluba have the status of national languages.

coffee

Come and join us for a chat or a quick cuppa or even a take-away or a full breakfast. You don't need to spend anything, but if you do, it will be for your own account.

Date: Friday, 1 February 2019

Time: From 06h45 onwards (to approx. 08h30)

Place: Brioche, 181 Main Rd, Walmer

We look forward to seeing you there!

Logging in French would be great.

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