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Kenya: Stand-Off Over Proposed Rules Risks Derailing Coffee Reforms
Nation, 25 March 2019
A stand-off between a team implementing reforms proposed to streamline the coffee sub-sector and some major stakeholders now threatens to shatter the hopes of thousands of farmers. Read more »
Kenya's Grinding Coffee Reforms Leaves Bitter Taste
The standoff between a team implementing reforms proposed to streamline the coffee sub-sector and some major stakeholders now threatens to shatter the hopes of thousands of farmers, as coffee growers' co-operative societies reject the proposed rules for the second time, writes Muchemi Wachira for Daily Nation.
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