Laikipia and Taita Taveta counties have the highest growth in the acreage of land under coffee crop in Kenya, highlighting the new zones preferred by investors for production of the key foreign exchange earner.
Analysis of new data shows that the area under coffee in Laikipia grew by 32.8 percent in the 2023-24 crop year—the highest change across all the 33 counties where the crop is grown, followed by Taita Taveta (20 percent), Elgeyo Marakwet (17.2 percent), Siaya (16.2 percent) and Baringo (15.3 percent).
