SUPPLY CHAIN OF COFFEE IN RWANDA

SHRUTHI GADHE¹*, KABAYIZA FIDELE^2
1Institute of Agri Business Management, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bichhwal, Bikaner, 334006, Rajasthan
²Market linkage and Agribusiness Officer, PHHAST, Ministry of Agriculture & Animal Resources- MINAGRI, Kigali, Rwanda
* Corresponding Author : shruthi.iabm@gmail.com

Received : 18-10-2016     Accepted : 17-11-2016     Published : 30-11-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 58       Pages : 3189 - 3193
Int J Agr Sci 8.58 (2016):3189-3193

Keywords : Coffee, Marketing, Farmers, Production, Problems
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : We are grateful to the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) and School of Agribusiness Management for funding a portion of this study
Author Contribution : None declared

Coffee production and marketing faced many challenges in Rwanda, where the most important problems faced by farmers were lack of choice in choosing a marketing channel, lack of extension activity, lack of roads and transportation and scattered living conditions of farmers. The major problems faced by coffee traders were the right of setting price, low quantity supplied by farmers, price fluctuation, and access to credit followed by absence of storage facility.