The Government intends to increase coffee production from 50,000 metric tonnes to 150,000 by the 2028/2029 Financial Year, Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Co-operatives and Micro and Small Enterprises Wycliffe Oparanya has said.
Oparanya challenged farmers to give farming a priority and take it as a business, noting that the government will explore areas where coffee can grow and ensure more people grow coffee to meet the target.
Consequently, he said the government will also work closely with the 33 County governments, where coffee grows well, with a view to meeting the target as directed by President William Ruto. "President Ruto directed the production of coffee to increase from 50,000 metric tonnes to 150,000 by the 2028/2029 Financial Year.
This is not easy; you being farmers in Kenya must take farming as a priority and make it a business that can improve your lives," said Oparanya while addressing coffee farmers at Kikima town in Mbooni West, Thursday. "As a government we shall explore areas where coffee can grow well and recruit more farmers to start to plant coffee.
