A New Dawn for Coffee Farmers in Makueni

New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (New KPCU) is seeking to collaborate with Makueni county government to upscale the coffee sector in the county.

Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr on Monday hosted a high powered delegation from New KPCU to discuss areas of partnership to revamp the sector. The areas include;

• Sensitization and enrolment of coffee farmers to the cherry fund. Makueni coffee farmers are eligible for up to Sh 11 Million worth of cherry fund. The application by farmers for the fund will commence early next month.

• Establishment of a coffee nursery and a demonstration farm,

• Capacity build farmers on best farm practises to increase coffee yield per acre,

• Capacity build coffee Cooperatives Societies on governance and leadership to improve resource management, and

• Linkage to processing, value addition and markets.