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Determinants Of Farmer Investment In Coffee Production: Finding A Path To Sustainable Growth In Rwanda’S Coffee Sector

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  • Clay, Daniel C.
  • Bro, Aniseh S.
  • Church, Ruth Ann
  • Bizoza, Alfred
  • Ortega, David L.

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Coffee production has been at the core of farm family livelihoods in Rwanda for many generations and today it serves as source of cash income for over 355,000 households across the country. Since 2001, the coffee value chain has seen a transformation in quality (fully-washed coffee) and is now well-established in specialty coffee markets around the globe. With the construction of 245 washing stations, the processing segments of the sector have prospered. Dry mills and export companies, both domestic and international, have similarly emerged during this period. While the value-added from this transformation has benefited Rwanda, those at the base, the coffee producers, have shared the least in the new prosperity.

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  • Clay, Daniel C. & Bro, Aniseh S. & Church, Ruth Ann & Bizoza, Alfred & Ortega, David L., 2016. "Determinants Of Farmer Investment In Coffee Production: Finding A Path To Sustainable Growth In Rwanda’S Coffee Sector," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers 246953, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:miffrp:246953
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.246953
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    1. Mujawamariya, Gaudiose & D’Haese, Marijke & Speelman, Stijn, 2013. "Exploring double side-selling in cooperatives, case study of four coffee cooperatives in Rwanda," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 72-83.
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    1. Clay, Daniel C. & Bro, Aniseh S. & Church, Ruth Ann & Bizoza, Alfred & Ortega, David L., 2016. "Incentivizing Farmer Investments for Sustainable Growth in Rwanda’s Coffee Sector," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 260407, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).

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