This blog post was written by Joy Maguvo, Long Miles Coffee Story Assistant. Dorothée Sibomana is a coffee farmer from Gaharo Hill. In most countries, it’s more common to see men involved in coffee farming maintenance than women. However, Dorothée defies that norm! While her husband works as a mechanic in Bujumbura, Dorothée manages and …
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Pruning and Mulching: Enhancing Coffee Productivity and Quality
In this post, Epaphras Ndikumana, Social and Environment Impact Manager for Long Miles Coffee walks us through the reasons for Pruning and Mulching…
NEWS FROM BURUNDI
As highlighted in “Where has the coffee gone?”, 2021 was not the season we had all expected and hoped for. Production was devastatingly low, with cherry volumes at roughly half of what they should be for Long Miles to break-even. The financial challenges we faced, and continue to face, were compounded by the fact that …