Kenya: Coffee Farmers in Mt Kenya Seek Direct Access to Buyers

Nyeri — Coffee farmers in the Mt Kenya region want the Kenya Kwanza government to open up marketing of the crop through the scrapping of the Nairobi coffee exchange and allowing farmers to deal directly with buyers.

Speaking during a farmers’ field day at Ndaroini coffee factory in Mathira, the farmers said that the so-called reforms will not bear fruits unless they are allowed to sell directly to buyers in need of specialty coffee globally.

“The so-called reforms currently being initiated are…