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The Cooperative “ABATERANINKUNGA BA SHOLI” grows coffee and processes coffee. It was initiated by 30 women residents of Sholi Cell, Cyeza Sector, Muhanga District, and Southern Province and created in 2008
Due to the lack of proper market of coffee beans, they could not achieve their goal which was to promote and value coffee production; for this reason as they were looking for more support, they formed the named cooperative with more other members.

The cooperative started as an association but the name remained Abateraninkunga (Mutual assistance) and after a certain time the association grew up and admitted men in their cooperative. It is in this respect that the association changed into the cooperative “Abateraninkunga ba Sholi” and  was registered in Rwanda Cooperatives Agency in 2003. Currently, the cooperative has got 332 members of which 207 are women.

The Cooperative “Abateraninkunga ba Sholi” carries out various activities namely:

Coffee growing: Each cooperative member has got his/her own coffee plantation but has to take it to the coffee washing station for preliminary processing steps. Furthermore, the cooperative has a privilege of owning a collective coffee plantation of 2 hectares with 1200 coffee trees and another coffee plantation with 8000 coffee trees received as donation from Cyeza Sector.

Specific information and climatic conditions
Latitude: 489643
Longitude: 9792092
Altitude: 1595m, cherries are harvested from 1600 to 1800m and taken down to the CWS
Coffee variety: Arabica Bourbón
Soil type: Heavy to very heavy clay
Soil pH mean: 4.6-4.9
Precipitation range: 1200 to 1300 mm
Temperature range: 18 -19 degrees Celsius
CWS Owner: ABATERANINKUNGA BA SHOLI
Status: Cooperative
Creation date: 2008
Processing capacity: 500 tons/Year
Processing System:  Wet processing
Drying system: Natural Sun drying
Road accessibility: Fair
Water source: Natural spring
Energy Source: Generator
Contact person: Nshimiye Aimable