Coffee industry reforms in Kenya to increase export income

2020-04-04 03:46:14

(MENAFN)

An official announced on Friday that Kenya has reached the final step of its coffee industry sweeping reforms in order to develop the competitiveness on the international market and boost the farmers livelihoods.

Cabinet secretary for agriculture, livestock, fisheries and cooperatives in Kenya, Peter Munya, said that the government has finished a plan to revitalize the coffee industry in Kenya and boost its economic development contribution.

The official said "We plan to launch the coffee sector restructuring plan later this month and have set aside 1 billion shillings (about 10 million U.S. dollars) to facilitate its implementation".

Adding that "The phase one of this plan includes refurbishing coffee factories, infrastructure development and reorganization of farmer cooperatives".

He then said that steamlinning important value chains in the coffee industry has went overdrive.

He said that "Our goal is to sort out governance challenges in the coffee sub-sector by reorganizing cooperatives and the auction market to ensure there is transparency and accountability".

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