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Hope for farmers as Taita Taveta embarks on coffee revival plan
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 11, 2025

Many of the county’s more than 5,200 coffee growers abandoned their plantations between 2017 and 2018 after years of poor earnings, pest attacks, and...

Agriculture and Food Authority licenses 152 coffee dealers, rejects claims of export monopoly
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 26, 2025

The authority noted that the licensing procedure is open and transparent, dismissing concerns that one company or a group of companies could be handed...

Corrupt coffee society leaders to lose properties, CS Wycliffe Oparanya warns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 12, 2025

The CS said farmers are the ones who continue to suffer as deductions are made on their earnings while corrupt officials benefit, weakening efforts to...

Kenya to open coffee auctions to global buyers to boost farmers' earnings, Kagwe says
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 11, 2025

According to Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe, Kenya's improved digital infrastructure now allows international buyers to participate in the coffee auction...

15 farmer-owned coffee mills reopened in renewed war on cartels
Salim Abdi  |  Jan 30, 2024

Officials within the ministry, who have spearheaded the reforms under Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's leadership, say the previous system worked a...

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