Sacco Review|The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
By Ben Oroko Smallholder coffee growers drawn from the two Gusii counties of Kisii and Nyamira can now directly sell their coffee produce to consumers in South Korea without going through brokers in the coffee marketing chain. This comes after the giant Gusii Coffee Farmers Co-operative Union (GCFCU), an umbrella of 28 primary coffee co-operative…
By Ben Oroko Trading of coffee produce at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) has been devolved to the grassroots coffee farmers, thanks to the recommendations of the Special Coffee Task-force appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta to turn around the country’s coffee sector. As part of the task-force’s recommendations to have NCE modernized, small-holder coffee farmers whose primary co-operative societies…
