This is the category of people directly involved in coffee farming. All field activities such as nursery, mulching, picking cherries/parchment sales to processors or millers are carried out by themselves.

However, they recieve technical assistance from the government extension services.

Coffe Washing station managing societies (Sogestals)/Millers

These sogestals acts as managers of coffee washing stations scattered throughout the country.

In whole, there are 7 coffee washing sation managing societies. The location of each sogestal coincides with coffee terroirs. Sogestals are named Kayanza, Kirimiro, Kirundo/Muyinga, Ngozi and Mumirwa which are mixed ie state and private joint venture and the two remaining are entirely private owned. These are Sonicoff and Coprotra
They are responsible for buying cherries from growers. Then, they proceed to pulp, ferment , rinse thouroughly coffee and finally operate sun drying down to 12 % moisture content on raised screen beds. The completely washed parchment is known as fully washed resulting from wet processessing.

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