20 Oct 2021 --- The Gorilla Coffee Alliance, established by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with Nespresso and Olam Food Ingredients (OFI) and others, will mentor 8,500 farmers in South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to maximize their coffee production and sales by 2026. Speaking to FoodIngredientsFirst, about what makes the region an ideal coffee-producing spot, Vivek Verma, managing director and CEO of coffee for OFI, says: “The land provides an ideal environment for specialty arabica cultivation, with ideal temperatures, lots of sunshine and rainfall.”
