A study case on coffee (Coffea arabica): Limu Coffe - IRD

fertilizers (urea and DAP) or chemicals (Mamba and round-up) for weeding. No synthetic
products. But quality is best.” Yields are fluctuating between low yields in these organic and
old trees plots and high yields that can reach 40 q/ha in trees which got stumped or in mother
trees in productive years. 90% of their coffee is exported as Limu-2 for washed one, and
Jima-4 for dried one. They don’t pass through the ECX, and follow the third coffee supply
channel: the modern plantations one 94 . Washed coffee (60 kg-bags) represents 70% of Suntu
State Farm production whereas sun dried coffee (85 kg-bags) is 30% of it 95
. All farms and
therefore coffee is certified by UTZ which code of conduct is directed to medium and large
scale coffee plantations as a package of farm-level, brand-level and financial-level tools to
bring social and environmental performance to the mainstream coffee market (Stellmacher,
2007).
Illustration 45: Suntu state farm drying tables (cement and wood), huller and washed coffee
(Bossolasco, October 2009)
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Refer 6.1) Presentation of the value chain.
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Coffee is directly dried on the soil, lying on bricks. That is not recommended but is even done in state farms which are the
leaders in terms of coffee practices.
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