Small-holder farmers who were expected to benefit from the low-priced fertiliser have been forced to buy the same from retailers or their respective co-operative societies. Improving production and quality of coffee has proved a challenge to the committee as most farmers cannot access the subsidised fertiliser. But the County Executive in charge of Agriculture in Nyeri County, Mr Robert Thuo, said the coffee co-operative societies’ management officials were not telling the truth. Nyeri has the largest population of smallholder coffee farmers who market their produce through cooperative societies. The fertiliser is supposed to help ripen the coffee berries, which would be ready for harvesting any time this month.

Source: Daily Nation May 06, 2017 15:00 UTC