Description
Importer Notes | Gakenke Washing Station is located in the province of Kayanza and was established in 1991. Farmers here own less than half a hectare of land, on average. In addition to growing coffee, they also grow crops like bananas, beans, yams, taro, and cassava, both for sale and household use. There are 2,667 farmers that deliver to this washing station, with each farmer holding only 250 trees on roughly a tenth of a hectare.
Due to the small size and yield on the average coffee farm, washing stations are the primary point of purchase for us in Burundi. Unlike other coffee-growing regions in Central and South America where landholdings are slightly larger and coffee-centric resources are more available, most producers do not have space on their property or the financial means for wet- or dry-milling. Instead, the majority of growers deliver cherry to a facility that sorts, blends, and processes day lots to create different offerings.
