A litany of problems is tempting farmers in Baringo to clear their coffee farms and shift to subsistence farming. "We remained loyal to growing coffee since 1970s, and so we cannot tolerate being suppressed," Baringo North Tugen Hills Cooperative Society chairman Mike Yatich says. The factory was established by former Governor Benjamin Cheboi at the 2.5 acre Tugen Hills Farm in Katimok Forest, near Kabartonjo town. Present were acting Agricultural and Food Authority director general Isabella Nkonge, Agriculture director Kibet Maina and Tugen Hills manager Nicolas Chemelil. Their plea comes barely a year after Uhuru wrote off Sh2 billion loan debts owed by coffee farmers’ saccos in Central, Nyanza and Eastern, in July last year.

Source: The Star November 05, 2018 03:56 UTC