A delegation of coffee farmers and researchers from Colombia on Tuesday toured Nyeri County for a meeting with over 200 local growers drawn from various parts of the country. The delegation, under the auspices of Colombia National Federation of Coffee Growers, which is in the country for five days toured coffee farms, the Gikanda Farmers Cooperative Society and Gichatha-ini coffee factory to familiarize themselves with the Kenyan coffee industry. The tour is a follow-up to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's visit to Colombia last September, where he pushed for advanced cooperation between the two nations to realize better yields and income for Kenyan coffee farmers. On Tuesday, the team held a peer-to-peer session with the Kenyan coffee farmers on growing bushes with higher yields, crop fertilization, harvesting, milling and marketing. Earlier, the delegation toured the New Kenya Planters Coffee Union, Dandora Branch Nairobi, where they were taken through the process of milling, coffee cupping and cataloguing.

Source: The Star February 28, 2024 10:02 UTC