“Nothing has been happening in the coffee industry for a long time and we need people who are prepared to invest for two years before they start harvesting. After the coffee has matured you can continue to harvest for 25 years,” said the company’s finance director, Henry Nemaire.
Coffee production plummeted from 7,000 to 500 tonnes a year, according to statistics released by the Confederation of
Zimbabwe Industries.
Nemaire attributed the decline to lack of expertise after coffee estates were seized from their commercial owners and allocated to “new” farmers with little knowledge or experience, during the land “redistribution” programme begun in 2000.
Coffee could play a significant role in Zimbabwe`s economy as global demand is increasing and local coffee is of high quality. Production reached a peak of 15,000 tonnes in 1990.
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We loved your ground coffee, which we could only buy during our vacation in Zimbabwe in November 2012. What an interesting strong und intensiv taste – just like your country! We hope to come back and explore more of it !!
Would you consider exporting tea and coffee to Europe?