Starbucks, a US coffee company, last week opened its first farmer support centre in Africa…based in Rwanda…The centre will particularly work with East African coffee communities to help them continue to improve their coffee quality and to increase the number of suppliers producing coffee imported by Starbucks. The service will be offered freely. Starbucks agronomist and quality experts attached to the centre will work directly with farmers to develop and use more responsible methods to grow better coffee and help improve the quality and size of the harvest to attract better prices.