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Meru pushes youth into coffee farming as county targets production revival

Sacco ReviewApril 9, 2026April 10, 202605 mins

Meru County leaders and industry stakeholders are urging farmers to open up their land to young people in a bid to revive coffee production, which has been on a steady decline for decades. The call comes amid government-backed programmes aimed at restoring the crop’s former glory and securing its future. Charles Mutwiri Mkarimu, a member…

Government holds coffee sensitization forums to boost coffee production in Kisii, Nyamira counties

Sacco ReviewAugust 15, 202503 mins

The National government in collaboration with County government of Nyamira County and Kisii County has held a coffee sensitization programme in Kisii County that brought together coffee farmers and other stakeholders from various Cooperatives. The revival of coffee through the Co-operative Societies Programme, spearheaded by New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (KPCU) PLC in partnership with…

Kirinyaga coffee farmers to benefit as RainForest Alliance launches a program to increase coffee production

Sacco ReviewJune 30, 202505 mins

Farmers of Inoi Cooperative society in Kirinyaga County is set to benefit from a 3-year program dubbed ‘Brewing the Future Coffee to Stay’, funded by German (Tchibo) under the Mount Kenya Sustainable Landscape and Livelihoods program (MSuLLi). The project led by the Rainforest Alliance aims to address the challenges in the coffee sector through promotion…