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Bungoma farmers smell the golden coffee after years of crop neglect

Chesikaki farmers Cooperative society chairman Jackson Kurwa Chebusi and Chief Executive Officer Benard Kituko prune coffee in the facility's coffee farm in Mt Elgon, Bungoma County. [Mumo Munuve, Standard]

The lush green coffee trees welcome you to farms on the foot of Mount Elgon in Bungoma County.

Many farmers abandoned the cash crop following its dwindling fortunes ten years ago, but most of them have reverted to the crop with rekindled hopes of improved returns.

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