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Coffee farmers taken through a lesson on how to boost coffee production during the Agricultural Farmers Field Day at Wambugu Farm in Nyeri, on July 28,2017. [Photo:Kibata Kihu/Standard]
Six giant European companies control the multi-billion shilling coffee business in Kenya, raising concerns about possible price manipulation.
With coffee prices at the auction only a fraction of the market prices - which hurts farmers - the Government has recommended the formation of a coffee pricing committee.
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