Fresh breath in factories as coffee production increases

Amica Saving and Credit Chairman Hiram Mwaniki with one of the 300 title deeds that were released last year. They were part of securities farmers had deposited to access loans. [Boniface Gikandi/Standard]

Coffee production has risen sharply in central Kenya following the writing off of loans owed by farmers.

In the past five years, production of the cherry saw an upward trend in the region perceived to be the leading coffee producer in the country.