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A farmer picks coffee fruit at a plantation in Kirinyaga, central Kenya. [AFP]
Kenya’s specialty coffee has achieved top prices in various international niche markets as farmers shift to online trading, adopt artificial intelligence (AI) sampling of clean beans, and intensify the application of modern agricultural practices.
Recently, during a live online trading session at a Nairobi hotel organised by the African Coffee Trade Fair (ACT), local coffee estates and cooperative society farmers whose coffee met global standards fetched the best prices compared with the local auction.
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