Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has discouraged coffee farmers from subdividing their coffee plantations into smaller pieces during succession.
Kagwe urged the farmers to hand down their coffee plantations as a single family entity in order to ensure that they maximize the returns from coffee farming.
The CS noted that the older generation of farmers tend to fragment their plantations into smaller units, which he said has resulted in reduced yields and lower returns for the farmers. "This idea of subdividing our coffee or tea plantations to smithereens will really mess up the industry.
There is a limit as to how much we can subdivide land.
