Coffee producers want bloc to declare crop strategic commodity

Framers sort coffee berries before taking them to the Pulp[ing Machine. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]

Africa’s coffee producers are pushing to have the crop declared a strategic agricultural commodity in the African Union Agenda 2063.

Representatives of 25 countries at the G25 Coffee Summit in Nairobi said coffee is an important commodity whose performance needs to be evaluated. The three-day summit organised by the InterAfrican Coffee Organisation (IACO) and the Ministry of Agriculture ends today.