Government asked to provide stabilisation fund for coffee

Coffee farmers and other stakeholders from Embu and Kirinyaga Counties give their views on the draft Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund Regulations during a public consultations forum at Kutus ACK Hall. [Joseph Muchiri/Standard]

Coffee farmers from Embu and Kirinyaga counties want the government to set up a fund to cushion them from low berry prices.

The farmers also expressed their reservations with having the New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (New KPCU) administer the proposed Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund, saying the union has been dogged by allegations of mismanagement in the past.