KAYANZA March 8th (ABP) – The governor of Kayanza province (northern Burundi) with representatives of the Kayanza Coffee Producers’ Associations, representatives of the defense and security forces, the administrative officials, the heads of public and private washing stations, as well as communal administrators, held a meeting on Tuesday March 6, 2018 for the various stakeholders in the coffee sector. The purpose of the meeting was to set measures related to the purchase and collection of cherry coffee A and B especially that the coffee campaign is close.
At the end of the meeting Kayanza Governor, Mr. Anicet Ndayizeye, emphasized that no one has the right to buy and collect the cherry coffee A and B except the washing stations. The participants at the meeting were called upon to implement that measure in order to eradicate any fraud attempt. To that end, he said that anyone who would be caught breaking the law by buying and collecting coffee will be punished according to the law and the coffee in his possession will be seized.
To facilitate transportation, participants at the meeting agreed to set up transit centers to help coffee growers avoid transportation difficulties.
To the peelers, they will have to present their renewed licenses to the transit centers and those licenses come from the ARFIC (Coffee Sector Regulation Authority)