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The people my dad hired are taking care of it for now. It takes 3 to 4 years to get the first real harvest. I still have time before thinking of how to harvest and sell. For now I just want to keep the trees alive for that duration.

I'll check that out, thanks.

Yes I will and will post here again when it's ready and whenever changes happen. Thanks a lot for the advice.

Would be easier for me to learn how to be a farmer than finding someone to lease it. People are poor here and those that can pay will certainly already have their business running somewhere, need to be convinced to take it.

It's on the east coast of Madagascar, can we chat? I'd be really interested in your experience if you are willing to share of course.

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.

It's on the east cost of Madagascar.

There are no amish in my country unfortunatly.

Thanks a lot, I will reach out to them.

Hey, thanks a lot.

Just dump any information you can, I know nothing about this so any bit of info is good. Leasing is not really an option because finding someone who will lease would be hard, we don't do that here.

Will do as soon some change happen I promise.

Well Jason Mraz has access to capital I don't, money makes doing business easier.

Thanks for the nice words.

Big YES, please if it's not a bother. Thanks a lot, e-mail is in bio.

> But the OP doesn't have to worry about that, they just need to find a way to market their beans to a specialty roaster. Small batch single origin Arabica can make a tidy little profit.

This, I'll probably switch to mainly Arabica as soon as I can (Bourbon and Arabica Elita)

Exportation and local consumption tends to mainly prefer Robusta. I prefer Robusta also, way stronger, wakes me better.

On the to do list. But here, not a lot is documented. I will probably have to call a lab when looking for certification in order to have a proper labelling when selling. That would settle it. I'll be more careful if later I have to plant though.

It's not known because no one produces enough of it and markets it well. The land and climate are perfect, we have Bourbon and Arabica Elita that is high in demand but production does not follow.

This is the first thing I will do if I can manage things at an ok level. I'll switch to produce speciality coffee (Bourbon and Arabica Elita), and focus on that. Still if robusta can sold I will still take care of it.

Interestingly, there isn't one in my area. Most of the coffee is exported unroasted here, and the local consumers roast theirs themselves.

Will take a look into it, thanks for the link.

Planned, but it's looking to be hard.

1. Well, agriculture always had my interest. As an example, people in my country eat the most rice per inhabitants in the world, yet we still import rice. We have land and everything to plant rice, just not enough tools or knowledge to scale it. So I want to try, this is an opportunity I can't miss to start with.

2. I might if I find people who would pay for it with the promise of keeping thing environmentally friendly.

There aren't any thanks to a bottom teir poor country. Coffee is sold / exported unroasted here. And if there are, they control the whole production line, from plants to exportation. I could learn from small producer, and learn to scale by myself I guess.

This is "diamond" idea, I will do and will credit you for it.

Madagascar.

> My advice would be to immediately contact a coffee contract farming company in your area

There aren't any thanks to a bottom tier poor country.

It's 60% Robusta 40% Arabica.

Does rainforest with lemurs count as nice view? Anyway, good idea, I will look into it.

I will contact them, thanks for the link.

Permaculture is the goal, but I don't know enough and hiring someone that know enough is also tough. I'm in Madagascar, a bottom tier poor country, has a lot of potential though.

Mail sent.

I thought about and I'm already looking for trees / fruits that grow well with coffee. I too think it's a great opportunity, but the lack of knowledge about the subject scares me.