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Global deals offer a whiff of hope for embittered coffee farmers

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Coffee farmers sort berries at Dedan Kimathi University of Science and Technology in Nyeri on October 3, 2023. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

After decades of fruitless toil, things are starting to look up for Kenyan coffee farmers.

This is in the wake of a resurgence of international attention towards Kenyan coffee, following a series of government-supported agreements and the recovery of coffee prices and quantities at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE).

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