Nigeria: Coffee - Plateau's Untapped Gold Mine

At 68, Christopher Pam Chayi has remained loyal to coffee in over five decades. He has evolved from a subsistence coffee farmer to a commercial farmer in the Vom area of Jos south local government area of Plateau State, where many unofficially refer to as Nigeria's headquarters of the coffee Arabica beans.

Plateau's temperate and tropical weather condition makes it possible to produce all sorts of crops including exotic ones such as coffee, strawberries and other vegetables. Coffee can grow in nine local government areas of the upper Plateau which include the Northern Senatorial Districts and some parts of the Central District.

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