Two women coffee farmers won first and second place at Myanmar’s first national cupping competition held in Yangon.
The event was part of the USAID-funded Value Chains for Rural Development project implemented by Winrock International and organized by the Myanmar Coffee Association (MCA) and Coffee Quality Institute (CQI).
In an awards ceremony in Pyin Oo Lwin on July 18, smallholders Daw (Ms.) Phyu Pu of Pway-Na-Phar Village near Ywangan, Southern Shan State and Daw Mya Hnin of the same village were awarded top scores of 84.25 points and 84.08 points, respectively. In the large estate category, Blue Mountain, a 70-acre coffee estate in Pwe Kauk Village, placed first with 81.42 points, followed by Sithar Coffee Co. (81.08), a diversified coffee farm of 5 acres. U Than Aung finished third (80.75) for his Catimor variety arabica grown on 100 acres in Bant Bway, Naungchio, Northern Shan State.
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