Kenyan Government Steps in to Revitalize Coffee Industry

The government of Kenya has taken steps to address the declining production of coffee in the country. The revitalization process through the The Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP), which started on the 5th of September, is tasked to train farmers on new production technology which includes soil analysis to address soil fertility and formulation of specific coffee fertiliser. The implementation will enable farmers to harvest 10kg from a coffee tree rather than the current 2kg per tree. The increased yield per tree will be vital to attain the production target of 200,000MT per year. This will be attained by distributing 12 million seedlings per year to the farmers. For comparison, in 2021, the total coffee production was 34,500MT with 800,000 seedlings distributed to farmers.