Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:34:23 +0000 Coffee project to produce 800MT for export By BUUMBA CHIMBULU OVER 800 tonnes of coffee will this year be produced by the Northern Coffee Corporation Limited out of the US$60 million investment, says company general manager Paul Bebbington. Mr Bebbington said the company will this year produce 800 tonnes of coffee from a modest amount of 300 tonnes produced in 2015, representing an increase of 500 tonnes. He was speaking when Minister of Finance, Felix Mutati, and his entourage toured the plantation at the weekend. “This year we will produce just over 800 tonnes and we are expecting an increase in 2017. Our production is steadily increasing as the coffee plantain matures,” he said. Mr Bebbington said the company currently has 1,555 hectares of coffee in the ground and that over 1,100 hectares was beginning to be produced. He said 99.9 percent of the coffee was exported and that […]
