He attains highs of 100kgs from a single stem of his well-tended coffee. Owing to his prowess in coffee production, Kariuki has teamed up with 14 other farmers to form the Mt Kenya Organic Coffee Farmers group, which works closely with the Coffee Research Foundation and agronomists aiming to help members realise high productivity in their farms. They have coffee nurseries and a demonstration farm with 14 coffee varieties where they train farmers every Monday. Thanks to his mastery of coffee growing, Kariuki hosts farmers in his farm every Monday, sharing with them his knowledge. Unfortunately, they do not know that a single coffee tree’s tap root cannot adequately feed two stems to produce to the maximum.

Source: Standard Digital February 03, 2018 08:26 UTC