Decaffeinated? Situation, Trends and Prospects for Smallholder Coffee Production in Rwanda: Analysis of a Rural Household Survey, 2002
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Despite the challenges in coffee marketing and production, coffee remains one of
Rwanda’s most important official sources of foreign exchange. Because its goods must transit
difficult overland routes through other countries to reach port, Rwanda does not have natural
advantages for many forms of export. The fact that the coffee sector survives at all in the face
of numerous unfavorable conditions is a weighty testament to its potential. This report shows
that the sector appears to be at a turning point—significant numbers of farmers have moved away
from coffee with more seemingly on the cusp of removing more trees, or “decaffeinating” their
fields.