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Farmers earn Sh17 billion as coffee reforms bear fruit

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DP Rigathi Gachagua presides over Nairobi Coffee Exchange Auction. [DPCS]

Coffee farmers have started reaping the benefits of reforms in the sector a year after implementation.

Farmers are being paid through Direct Settlement System (DSS) initiated by the government to streamline payments in the sector.

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