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Nandi farmers focus on coffee as they shift from maize

Nandi Governor Stephen Sang (right) checking on a coffee pulping machine at Chepsaiti Cooperative Society in Tindiret in Nandi County. [Photo: Titus Too/ Standard]

The county government is encouraging farmers to revert to coffee following poor maize and sugarcane prices.

“Tinderet is an ideal region for coffee production and we urge farmers to take advantage. The county government will support this by providing a subsidy in purchase of seedlings,” said Governor Stephen Sang.

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