Updated Mon, June 13th 2016 at 13:20 GMT +3Steps should be taken to make coffee farming attractive to the youth, a task force has said. "The youth should be encouraged to participate in coffee farming mostly in more lucrative direct sales market," the team said. The team also told the Government to support value addition initiatives such as coffee vending, coffee kiosks and youth-owned coffee shops. "The school will train the youth on roasting, retail and management of coffee houses," a report by the task force partly read. In one of the proposals that would see many youths lured into farming, the task force recommended the establishment of a coffee business school at Utalii College.

Source: Standard Digital June 13, 2016 10:30 UTC