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FROM THE FARM, FIELD AND LAB From the Farm collected and translated by Joy Mavugo in conjunction with Robyn-Leigh van Laren from the Long Miles Story team. On Thursday, 18 June 2020 the newly elected president Evariste NDAYISHIMIYE was sworn into office, two months before the official inauguration ceremony was planned and a week before …
PERCEPTIONS OF BURUNDI’S ELECTIONS
On 20 May 2020, more than five million Burundians lined up to cast their vote in the country’s presidential elections. This was the first set of democratic elections to take place in almost 15 years. We asked some coffee farmers what their thoughts were on this: “I heard people saying that there is a new …
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From the Farm, Field and Lab From the Farm collected and translated by Joy Mavugo in conjunction with Robyn-Leigh van Laren from the Story Team. It’s been a hard week for Burundi. On Monday 8 June 2020, we heard the news that Burundi’s late president H.E Pierre NKURUNZIZA had very suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. …
HOW IS COVID-19 AFFECTING BURUNDI COFFEE?
We can’t help but think of COVID-19. It’s a very real part of everyday life that has affected everything, from how we operate as a team to how we’re producing coffee. As we opened our coffee harvest season and began to operate our washing stations, we had to think about how to go about producing …
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From the farm, field and lab. FROM THE FARM words by Firmin, collected and translated by Joy Mavugo in conjunction with Robyn-Leigh van Laren from the Story Team. On 20 May 2020, Burundi took to the polls to vote in the presidential election. This was a pivotal moment for the country as the last election …