Business Today Interview: Coffee production dropsThe once thriving coffee subsector is facing challenges which have led to a decline in coffee production from 130,000 metric tonnes (mt) in 1980s to about 40,000 metric tonnes in 2016/2017 financial year. Paradoxically this decline is been witnessed notwithstanding the high quality of Kenyan coffee that has sustained a high premium value in the international markets. This decline is attributable to complex interrelated factors in long coffee value chain coupled with weak policy and regulation enforcement framework. As a result, his excellency the president, Uhuru Kenyatta appointed the national taskforce on coffee subsector reforms to conduct a rigorous value chain analysis with policy recommendations and implementation plan, which are comprehensively covered in the report of national taskforce on coffee subsector reforms. Let’s start by painting a picture of the coffee sector and where the rain started beating us.

Source: Standard Digital January 22, 2018 13:07 UTC