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Coffee farmers in Meru County, most of whom are elderly, have been urged to subdivide their land and actively involve young people in coffee farming to secure the sector’s future. Industry stakeholders called on farmers to move away from hoarding coffee bushes and instead support youth participation, noting that increased engagement would boost both production…
Coffee farmers have called for the revival of Coffee Board of Kenya (CBK), accusing Agriculture Food Authority (AFA) of being ill-prepared to handle their concerns, as it only operated through the coffee directorate. Speaking during a consultative meeting, Samuel Maina, coffee farmer said the assenting of the coming back of the CBK into law will…
Peter Waitumu,56, has been a coffee farmer in Meru all his life. He has educated his six children from coffee proceedings, built his enviable house and created for himself a relatively comfortable life all through his coffee farm. He inherited the farm from his late father. Peter says in an interview that part of the…
The coffee farmers earning dropped to Ksh6.8 billion after 134,602 bags of coffee were traded in February through the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) down from Ksh 7.5billion in January. However; 33,515 bags were withdrawn from the market after buyers and the farmers failed to agree on the negotiated prices during the coffee auction. February earnings…
Panic has gripped coffee farmers in Kangema, Murang’a after a gang broke into Marimira Coffee Factory and made away with 15 bags of coffee in what locals believe was a carefully planned inside job. The incident has revived fears of renewed thefts at a time when prices at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange are rising. The…
The government has announced a major milestone in the Coffee Revitalization Programme, with the New Kenya Planters Co-operative Union (New KPCU) Meru Branch distributing 160,000 certified coffee seedlings to farmers in the county. Principal Secretary for the State Department for Cooperatives, Patrick Kilemi, said the initiative will provide growers with disease-free seedlings reduce farm production…
The Nandi county government has unveiled bold reforms in the coffee sector, aimed at protecting farmers from exploitation, restoring order in the value chain and positioning local coffee as a premium global brand. The County Executive for Agriculture and Cooperative Development, Dr. Kiplimo Arap Lagat announced nine directives touching on marketing, licensing, cooperative governance and…
Vihiga County Government has launched a training and sensitization drive to help coffee farmers comply with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), a move aimed at safeguarding the county’s largest export market. The exercise coordinated by Agricultural and Food Authority (AFA) Coffee Directorate and Kenya Forest Service, was held through the Directorates of Agriculture and…
Bungoma County leaders have urged coffee farmers to embrace cooperatives and savings and credit societies (SACCOs) as a pathway to higher earnings and a stronger coffee sector. Addressing growers at Lukusi Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Mihuu Ward, Webuye East, County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Agriculture, Eng. Herbert Kibunguchi, said organized farming groups are better…
The Agriculture and Food Authority, (AFA) has licensed a total of 152 coffee dealers to export coffee from Kenya. In a statement on Tuesday AFAÂ director general Dr Bruno Linyiru stated that the dealers were licensed under various categories, coffee Buyers are 126, Coffee Warehousemen 15 and Coffee Agents 11. Dr Linyiru stated that there…
