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Silas M'Rinyiru, 99 at his coffee plantation in Kirwirwa Estate in Yururu, Imenti South on August 15, 2018. [Olivia Murithi, Standard]
Up to 35 coffee co-operative societies have signed up for a pilot payment model that promises prompt and better returns.
The societies, plus a union of 60 plantation farmers, are trying out an Ethiopian system through which they are paid Sh20 per kilo in advance for all coffee delivered by the end of the month.
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