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Gwiri Coffee washing station: winning lot 11 and 21
NAME OF COOPERATIVE Yagikawa
REGION SPECIFICITIES Name: Intore A
Characteristics:Harmonious sugar, high acidity, high body, coffee with big beans, coffee with citric acid, with good aroma( orange,honey, caramel, dark chocolate, passion fruit,pineaple,apple and malt).
CERTIFICATION ID FLO ID : 33490
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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Burundi
Washing Station Gwiri
Region Information Hill: Gwiri
Commune: Matongo
Province: Kayanza
Altitude range 1750-1900m
Annual Production/average 1 container of 19.2t of exportable coffee(4 containers of 19.2t each of exportable coffee foreseen)
Coffee Varieties Arabica
Type of post-harvest processing Fully washed
Harvest months March to July
Typical months the coffee is ready for delivery June to December
Type of pulper machine used Type: Mc KINNON
Productive capacity of the Pulper: 1/2t/h
Productive capacity of the cooperative and its washing station Number of coffee plants in the cooperative: 90680
Estimated Production of cherries:150000kgs(453 404kgs received)
Estimated Production of Parche coffee:30 000kgs(90 681 foreseen)
Estimated Production of green coffee:24 000kgs( 72 545kgs foreseen)
History Yagikawa', meaning 'talk about coffee', feels like a big, extended family. Overlooking an idyllic landscape of lush, green hills, and a small stream flowing past the washing station, this is one of the oldest Burundian cooperatives which has been operating since 2007. Since then, it has evolved into a very friendly and tight-knit community. The process of privatization of the coffee sector in Burundi occurred when coffee growers were organized in associations under the big national organization known as National Confederacy of the Associations of coffee growers ‘CNAC-Murima w’Isangi’. As these associations cannot compete with the private investors, they made the decision to transform their associations into cooperatives which can fill at the same time the social and economic mission. This is the way Yagikawa Cooperative was born in 2008 with main activity of collecting the production (cherries) of the members to be forwarded in the existing coffee washing station of the state to avoid cases of theft during weighing and payment that farmers were compromised with and at the same time to realize some gains of this activity.)
Other motivation behind the creation of the cooperative were to:
ü  Build their own coffee washing plant at the nearest of producers to reduce the long distance they had to walk,
ü  Directly participate in the chain value of coffee by avoiding all middlemen,
ü  Increase production by facilitating access to agro-inputs and extension services,
ü  Direct access market and increase the revenue of farmers to improve their livelihood.
The cooperative built the washing station since 2013 and it became functional in 2014 etc. During the year 2014, the cooperative met with others and created a Union of the cooperatives of coffee growers known as ‘COCOCA’ to facilitate the promotion of their coffee and develop other complementary services. In 2017, thanks to the good will of cooperators and facilitation of COCOCA, the cooperative was fairtrade certification under the ID above-mentioned. The cooperatives counts more than 900 non members but that supply their productions to the cooperative among them 365 are women.

Farmers on this lot:

Nom Prénom
NTUNGICIMPAYE CALINIE
NDIGIRIYE EMILE
NTAHONDEREYE CHARLES
BUCUMI MACAIRE
NKENGUBURUNDI MACAIRE
NZOBONIMPA JEROME
NANDOGO MODESTE
NDIMURIRWO DANIEL
NDAYISHIMIYE DIOMEDE
GASAMAGERA VICTOR
NDUWIMANA ALEXIS
NIZIGIYIMANA MOISE
NZISABIRA LOUIS
NDUTIYE BONIFACE
BIMENYIMANA BEATRICE
HAKIZIMANA SEVERIN
MUJAWAYEZU PATERNE
NTUNZWENIMANA EVARISTE
NDUWIMANA FRANCOIS
BUKURU CANDIDE
HARERIMANA AUDACE
NYANDWI YUSSA
SINZUMUSI APPOLINAIRE
NZISABIRA BERCHIMAS
BACAMURWANKO GRACIEN
NTAGAHEZUBURUNDI GABRIEL
NIYONIZIGIYE GERVAIS
NYABENDA CECILE
BARANKENYEREYE IMMACULEE
NTAHONDEREYE CHARLES
MINANI CYPRIEN
NIYONSABA JACQUELINE
BUCUMI MACAIRE
IRADUKUNDA BENIE
BANYIYEZAKO MELCHIOR
NTABARANKIZA MATHIAS
HARERIMANA SABINE
BANYANKINDAGIYE SELVANE
HATEGEKIMANA SPECIOSE
NYANDWI EMMANUEL
NDORICIMPA CLEMENT
ITANGISHAKA MINERVE
NSABIYABANDI PASCAL
NIYIBIZI THERENCE
NIYITUNGA APPOLONIE
BITANGIMANA COLINE
NYABENDA GABRIEL
CIZA REMY
MUHITIRA MADELEINE
NIYONGABO DOMINIQUE
CONGERA GABRIEL
NZOBONIMPA CHRISTINE
NIZIGIYIMANA ANASTASIE
NTIRAMPEBA ZENOBE
NDUWIMANA CELPICE
BARIHONYOYE SALVATOR
NZIRUBUSA EVARISTE
ININAHAZWE FRANCINE
BUDIGOMA AROISE
NZOHABONIMANA BERNARD
MANIRAMBONA MAYOYA
SALVATOR
BAHANDWA VENANT
NDIKURYAYO CLEMENT
NDAYISENGA GEDEON
BAPFEKURERA REVERIEN
MINANI ERNEST
BUCUMI ISAAC
BUCUMI PIERRE
NDIHOKUBWAYO ALBERT
EUZIBA
NDEREYIMANA LEOPOLD
NIYIBIGIRA RAPHAEL
DOMINIQUE
NSHIMIRIMANA PETRONIE