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Coffee farmers bemoan lack of government support

A section of coffee farmers affiliated to Nyaki Farmers Society in Meru County for effective regulations to address challenges in the coffee sector, on April 14, 2025. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]

A section of small-scale coffee farmers in Meru have blamed poor yield on the failure by government to provide them financial support and quality and drought-resistant seedlings.

Speaking at the Thura factory in North Imenti at the weekend, the smallholder growers asked the Coffee Board of Kenya (CBK) to address production, marketing, and storage challenges.

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