Rwanda reduces coffee forecast by 23 percent on drought

KIGALI (Bloomberg) - Rwanda reduced its coffee production forecast by 23 percent after a drought cut yields, the Rwanda Coffee Development Authority said. Output of the beans is now expected to be 20,000 metric tons, down from the 26,000 tons estimated in August, Pontieu Munyankera, head of the authority’s planning department, said in an interview today in the capital, Kigali.