WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF ZOMBO TOWN

In 2018, in the districts of Zombo and Nebi, home of the Alur people, Ndhew farmers built their microstation and started processing their coffee. Since then, production has increased significantly. Today, Ndhew is the second-biggest producer of coffee amongst the 11 microstations. Ndhew women members were the first to produce women’s natural coffee, which gained praise and a buyer, OLAM Specialty Europe. Ndhew microstation is managed by: Alfred, Gerald, Wilfred, Robert, and Sunday.

As a registered cooperative society, Ndhew worked with Agency for Community Empowerment (AFCE) to construct a new micro-station within the boundary of Zombo Town in 2017 and 2018. The specialist equipment and materials for this project came from Irish Aid through Oxfam, matched by farmer contributions of land, time, skills, local materials, and cash.

CULTIVARS:

SL14

ALTITUDE:

1445 metres above sea level.

NOTABLE:

Ndhew is now the second-biggest producer of coffee amongst the 11 Zombo microstations.

Processing:

Fully-washed: the red-ripe cherry coffee is harvested by the farmer and brought to the microstation the same day. It is inspected and hand-sorted, immersed in water to remove floaters. It is then weighed and a buying note is issued to the farmer, along with cash payment. The cherry is pulped on the same day as it was delivered.

Natural: coffee is harvested, hand-sorted and floated. Instead of being pulped like a “washed” coffee, it is dried inside the cherry.  It takes more time and more space than washed coffee to produce a good natural.  That means considerably more investment by the microstation in drying space, and Zombo helps with this. Coffee then dries in full sun in the first few days. The women then deliver their cherry coffee to the microstation as individuals, and it is processed separately. 

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