The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) has revealed that it will, in the next two months, lead a team from several agencies to conduct a mandatory mapping of all coffee farms in the country in line with the new European Union Deforestation Regulations (EUDR).
In a statement on Monday, July 28, AFA said that the teams that will be under the EUDR Data Committee, will comprise the State Department of Agriculture (SDA) and the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), the Directorate of Remote Survey and Remote Sensing (DRSRS), and the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization.
So far, according to the AFA, 30 percent of the national coffee area, spanning 16 out of 33 counties, has already been geo-mapped using satellite imagery by the team since the exercise kicked off.
AFA said that the teams will be mapping out the remaining part under coffee production.
