Trade agreement could guarantee jobs locally

Kenyan coffee beans sell at more than 100 times in the global markets the price paid to the farmers impoverished in part by poor government policies. The exploitation is replicated in nearly every single agricultural produce to benefit selfish people higher in the value chain.

It is such system failures that have ensured agriculture is frowned upon, especially by the younger generations who do not think of it as a viable economic activity. In other countries around Africa, the situation is exactly the same, with agricultural produce getting exported in the form they were harvested and little if any is put to value addition, with the end result being many foregone jobs.