What is Farmer Payday and why is it a significant event for coffee farmers in Burundi? Why is rain a big challenge for coffee export in Burundi? What processes occur at the dry mill?
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Long Miles Coffee’s Post-Harvest Update: news from the coffee farm, field and cupping lab
What significance does September hold for communities of coffee farmers in Burundi? When can we expect our first container of Burundi coffee to leave the country? What’s the current concern at the dry mill?
Long Miles Coffee Harvest update: news from the coffee farm, field and cupping lab.
Our sixth harvest update, with recent news from the farm, field and lab. What post-harvest activities are coffee farmers and the Coffee Scouts working on? What were the challenges that impacted coffee production this year? How is the coffee tasting?
HARVEST UPDATE
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 …
HARVEST UPDATE
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. …