{{Rwanda projects 157 mln USD in coffee production by 2017 after 2 years of decline}}
{Rwanda is making efforts to revive the coffee sector with export earnings projected at 157 million U. S. dollars by 2017 after production declined in the past two years, the National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) said Sunday.}
NARB Chairman Corneille Ntakirutimana told reporters that the efforts include the installation of transparent political structures, the expansion of coffee farms and the use of modern equipment and fertilizers.
Ntakirutimana made the remarks as coffee production in the East African country is expected to hit the lowest this year after its export dropped to 60.9 million dollars last year.
The Rwandan official said the problem was partly due to the fall of the price of the commodity on the world market.
Xinhua News Agency.
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