By MUCHEMI WACHIRAMore by this AuthorA stand-off between a team implementing reforms proposed to streamline the coffee sub-sector and some major stakeholders now threatens to shatter the hopes of thousands of farmers. AT A CROSSROADSHowever, stakeholders led by officials of coffee growers’ co-operative societies rejected the proposed rules for the second time. With small-scale farmers producing 70 per cent of the country’s coffee, CSIC, chaired by Prof Joseph Kieyah, is at a crossroads. DETERMINE PRICES“We are working on the new coffee regulations, which are on their way to the office of the Attorney-General. Therefore, the produce that growers delivered last year is now being sold using the old Coffee (General) Regulations 2002.

Source: Daily Nation March 24, 2019 21:56 UTC