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A task force appointed to review the challenges facing the coffee sector has finally completed its work and presented its report to the President.
If adapted, some of the recommendations will go a long way in improving fortunes of coffee farmers and bolstering the sub-sector. In some of the raft of recommendations by the Task force on Coffee Sub-sector Reforms headed by Prof Joseph Kieyah, the team wants payment delays eliminated. In this respect, farmers will be paid 40 per cent of the prevailing price immediately cherry is delivered to mills. In addition, farmers will be paid a minimum advance payment of Sh15 for every kilogramme of cherry delivered.
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