State to license coffee cooperatives as new export agents

Farmers sort out coffee berries. [File, Standard]

The government will license primary farmers' coffee cooperative societies as coffee export agents, which is likely to ignite a new business war with established local and international companies.

Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) Chairman Cornelly Serem disclosed that as part of the new dawn in the coffee sub-sector, the State intends to permit primary coffee societies to market their produce directly to key segments of the international market.