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	The first arabica coffee tree in Burundi was introduced by the Belgians in the early 1930s and has been growing in the country ever since. Coffee cultivation is an entirely small holder based activity with over 800.000 families directly involved in coffee farming with a total acreage of 60.000 hectares in the whole country with about 25 millions of coffee tree. Burundi coffee falls into ( the whole text )

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Quality Control

OCIBU has two main laboratories. One is located in Bujumbura and the other in Gitega, the second city of the country with differents chains based in the state and private venture mills and in private mills
Each lab has the main role of supervising and controlling coffee quality from harvesting, processing, transportation, roasting, and delivery up to buyers.

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