date:Mar 12, 2014
early days and fragmented, with a number of small plantations.
In 2012, it produced about 8,000 tonnes of coffee beans on 12,000 hectares (29,652 acres) of land, according to estimates of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. In 2011, the country exported under 100 tonnes of coffee.
By comparison, Vietnam, the world's top producer of the strong-flavoured robusta beans, churned out nearly 1.3 million tonnes of coffee in 2012, exporting most of that.
Rickards declined to