Article: Zambia coffee report: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal sent author, Larry Luxner, to Zambia to report of the status of the country's coffee industry. While there, he met with Mubuyu Farms' father and son team, Willem and Jesper Lublinkhof.(Zambia Coffee Report)(Cover Story)

Willem Lublinkhof may well be one of the most successful businessmen in Zambia, but if you want to meet him in his element, you'd better be prepared for some serious schlepping.

Mubuyu Farms Ltd., the coffee company that Lublinkhof runs, is located near the town of Mazabuka, about an hour and a half southwest of Lusaka, Zambia's chaotic capital city.

Getting there requires driving along a lonely highway ravaged by potholes and poverty. Along the way, one passes numerous farmhouses, church missions and colorful billboards warning villagers to "Abstain or Practice Safe Sex"--a constant reminder of the devastation AIDS has brought upon Zambia's 10.6 million ...

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