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Drive to lift coffee output bears fruit

Coffee farmer Bernard Wambugu, with Rodi Kenya official attending a coffee tree in Kihuyo area in Kieni West, Nyeri County. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Education of farmers on the coffee farming improvement programmes has borne fruit in Nyeri County, resulting in higher crop production, from 1.5 kilograms (kg) to five kilos per tree.

The farmers affiliated with Kihuyo Coffee Factory in Kieni West Sub-County say they have experienced improved production after adopting agroecology through intensive training on coffee management over the past three years.

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