The government plans to triple coffee production and make the crop the highest foreign exchange earner within the next five years, Cooperative Cabinet Secretary, Wycliff Oparanya has said.
According to Oparanya, the government has put in place mechanisms to have the production shoot from the current 50,000 metric tons to 150,000 metric tons in the financial year 2028/ 2029.
Speaking at the Siaya National Polytechnic grounds during a meeting with coffee farmers from the county, Oparanya said that as part of the plans, the government will this year issue free coffee seedlings to farmers.
He urged farmers to take advantage of the government's initiative adding that apart from free seedlings, the government will also issue fertilizer and other inputs at subsidized rates to the farmers through their cooperatives.
