Tanzania

Idunda AB

The Songwe region, rich in agricultural production, is situated in southern Tanzania bordering Zambia and Malawi. This is the location of the Mbozi District, populated with 175 villages and around 515,000 people. The Idunda Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society work with five of these villages Idiwili, Ipyana, Isuto, Idunda and Ilomba to gather and export excellent coffee.

Farm Idunda Factory
Varietal Kent & Compact
Process Fully washed
Altitude 1,900 metres above sea level
Town / City Idunda, Mbozi District
Region Songwe
Owner Various smallholder producers
Tasting Notes Red grape, chocolate, honey
Farm Size Less than 5 hectares on average

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Idunda AB

With 219 members, the Idunda AMCOS was founded in 2001with a primary goal of working with smallholder producers and connecting them to international markets. With two small washing stations, the AMCOS is able to collectively produce roughly 98MT of coffee annually.

Producers face various struggles such as lack of availability to necessary inputs which can lead to low yields and a decreased income. However, with the presence of new washing stations and other facilities, these threats are gradually beginning to diminish. The AMCOS is better able to provide access to resources and knowledge for producers to grow more profitable coffee.

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Kenya’s less well-known neighbour produces an astoundingly similar-tasting coffee in a somewhat similar landscape. Coffee is marketed by both an auction system organised by the Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) and direct sale.

Arabica seedlings were first introduced to the country from Réunion Island (then known as Bourbon) and planted in the Bayamoyo and Mogoro regions (fairly close to Dar Es Salaam) and were later established as a successful commercial crop in 1893 on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro by German colonizers.