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Empowering Burundi Coffee sector

Empowering Burundi Coffee sector . BIRARONDERWA Dismas - Junior FERGADIOTIS Andromaque HAKIZIMANA Désiré NIYONGABO Jean- Baptiste NTIMA- Chantal. Drivers of the business.

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Empowering Burundi Coffee sector

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  1. Empowering Burundi Coffee sector BIRARONDERWA Dismas- JuniorFERGADIOTIS AndromaqueHAKIZIMANA DésiréNIYONGABO Jean-BaptisteNTIMA- Chantal

  2. Drivers of the business • Among 70 countries growing and exporting coffee, Burundi, meets the climatic conditions for coffee farming considering its geographical location; • Over 30% of Burundian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes from Agriculture; • 90% of national foreign exchange is made by Coffee and tea (CIA fact book, 2012)

  3. Challenges facing coffee sector • Loss of interest in coffee farming: • Revenue distribution not well structured through the value chain; • Rural exodus: no young farmers • Land breakup • Lack of fertilizers

  4. Leading driver of the business • Stimulate farmers to keep growing coffee by increasing their price and making available all required inputs and techniques for producing high quality coffee

  5. How to achieve this goal? • Progressive privatisation of coffee sector; • Improvingrelationship all along the coffee value chain; • Encourage youth to create local farmingorganizations

  6. Our business idea: • Implementing new washing stations (8) in the north of the country (Ngozi-Kayanza-Muyinga-Kirundo);

  7. Description of the business • Period of the business : Permanent; • Washing station capacity: 1500 T/season; • Capital investment: $ 9 16120(US Dollars); • Turnover : about $ 6 millions (5 990 400); • Annual Net Income Before Taxes: $ 1 685 568; • Target market: Foreign emerging market (US, Chine, Russia…); • Ownership: 5 young people;

  8. Business Impact

  9. Challenges and strategies to overcome

  10. Challenges and strategies to overcome

  11. How to attract youth in our business • Measures to be implemented by the government: • Regulation of coffee price to promote farmers • Facilitate young farmers access to finances by easing loans terms • To initiate laws to innovate and facilitate agricultural loans to young farmers • Work on policies • To use Social Marketing to really integrate youth in this business interest and integrate young people in behavior changing • To use innovative ways including new ICT to make youth informed and integrated in the whole production process

  12. Dearfellow East Africandelegatesthankyou for yourkind attention

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