Coffee sector reforms boost prices but stall sales, exports

Guests follow proceedings during the media engagement on coffee sub-sector reforms held on June 10, 2024 at Sarova Stanley Hotel in Nairobi.

Photo credit: Billy Ogada | Nation Media Group

Reforms in the coffee industry, spearheaded by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s office, have marginally boosted the pricing of the commodity but are yet to deliver an improvement in the volume of production, sale, and export shipments.

The Coffee Sub-Sector Reforms Secretariat says coffee growers now fetch about 10 percent more for their coffee, with a 50-kilogramme bag now selling at an average of $227 (Sh29,373), from about $195 (Sh25,233) a year ago.

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