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Coffee Growers in Mount Kenya Demand Direct Access to Buyers

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Gilbert Tarimo

Published Mar 30, 2023

Kenyan coffee growers in the Mt. Kenya area are urging the Kenya Kwanza government to scrap the Nairobi Coffee Exchange and permit producers to do business directly with consumers to expand the market. Per the laws governing the sale of coffee, currently, no one is permitted to sell clean coffee other than through the Nairobi Coffee Exchange, which, according to farmers, offers subpar prices of between USD300-350/50 kg of clean coffee.

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