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Kenya races to meet EU deforestation regulation deadline for coffee exports

A woman collecting coffee berries from a coffee plant.[Getty Images]

Kenya has intensified its efforts to comply with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), a new law requiring all agricultural exports to the EU to be free from deforestation-linked production.

The country faces a firm deadline of 30 December 2025 to ensure full traceability of key commodities, including coffee, to land not deforested after 31 December 2020.

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