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Where is it located? Is it a region that has experience growing coffee? Because perhaps you can link up with a coffee distributor or a fellow farmer and get their advice. Also to be clear unless the coffee is in a warm high grown area, or on an island, it may not be worth a lot.

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It's on the east coast of Madagascar. Yes, but mainly bulk exportation of Robusta for instant coffee. I want to shift production of speciality coffee as there is higher margin there, mainly Bourbon and Arabica Elita.

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