Home / CropA woman sorts coffee cherries at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology's coffee factory in Nyeri on November 24, 2020. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]Coffee farmers in the Lower Eastern region have something to smile about after the government issued them with a licence to sell their coffee directly. The news was disclosed at a meeting of coffee farmers’ representatives from the region held in Machakos town yesterday. “Today we are a happy lot after the Capital Markets Authority finally assented to our application for an independent licence to sell our coffee,” he said. CMA has authorised the union to start selling its members coffee with immediate effect, he added.

Source: Standard Digital August 03, 2021 07:41 UTC