Most of farmers are smallholders and about 800.000 famillies are depending on coffee for their survival
Each is tendering between 50 to 250 trees with an averaged acreage of 1 to 5 acres.
Farmer is caring for coffee trees from nursery, through harvesting with hand pick selection, transportation and delivery to the coffee washing stations
Very recently, coffee associations of farmers have been created to facilitate together some activities in the sector. To consolidate farmers association , technical assistance is provided in terms of good management practices, agricultural practices and processing methods from government extension services. Certainly, at the dawn of liberalisation and privatisation process in the coffee sector, technical knowledge is of paramount importance in order to play a major role in the sector.