Featured Stories
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Red Cherries and Farmers Who Do it Right
Published on December 11, 2017
Keeping the quality of Rwanda coffee through support of best cherry picking practices. -
Coffee Means Cash
Published on December 8, 2017
Establishing the cost of production of coffee to farmers in Rwanda supported a substantial adjustment in the national coffee floor price, benefitting over 355,00 households. -
AGLC scientists engage with FAO
Published on October 12, 2017
What makes coffee so uniquely important for Rwanda’s agricultural growth? The AGLC Team has identified 8 fundamental arguments to support investing in the coffee sector. -
Enumerator Training Kicks Off Endline Survey for AGLC in Rwanda
Published on October 3, 2017
The enumerators, five men and five women, were trained by members of Michigan State University (MSU), including Dr. Aniseh Bro and members of IPAR, including Roger Mugisha -
Policy Roundtables in Rwanda Foster Dialogue Among Coffee Sector Stakeholders
Published on September 29, 2017
Over the last 18 months, AGLC has offered a series of 10 policy roundtables to improve the capacity of the Rwandan government to implement evidence-based policies supporting the coffee sector. -
FSP Rwanda Coffee Research in Feed the Future Agrilinks
Published on May 1, 2017
FSP AGLC team studies the cost of production of coffee and its implications for farmers. -
The Role of Cooperative Coffee-Washing Stations for Rwandan Coffee
Published on January 4, 2017
Rwandan coffee is increasingly recognized as a high quality product, sought after by specialty coffee buyers. Despite impressive growth of the sector over the past two decades, coffee productivity in Rwanda is among the lowest in East Africa. -
How to Determine the Cost of Production for Fully-Washed Coffee in Rwanda?
Published on January 3, 2017
The study describes a methodology and quantitative estimation process that can be used to estimate the values for household labor, wage labor, equipment and purchased inputs in Rwanda and other coffee producing countries. -
Uncovering ‘the Root Cause’ of Declining Coffee Production in Rwanda - Determinants of Farmer Invest
Published on January 3, 2017
Coffee production in Rwanda has declined and stagnated in recent decades. This report shows how failing to bring in the producers as full partners is one of the key reasons for this decline.