ARABICA COFFEE IMPRO

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The proposed project would concern a selected 4,400 ha area and 44,000 smallholders in the heart of the coffee-growing region of Burundi, and would be carried out over a period of 5 years. It would consist in the implementation of a program of fertilizer trials and the establishment of a fertilizer sales program; the provision of farm inputs and tools to participating farmers; the construction of four pulping and fermenting factories and the improvement of existing pulping centers; the improvement of coffee tracks; and the financing of extension services which would also provide in-service training for Burundi coffee extension and processing personnel. OCIBU, a government agency responsible for coffee development, would carry out the project on behalf of the government.