Supporting Aberdares' small coffee farmers

The project aims to: - strengthen the Muranga Union and help member of cooperatives to improve the quantity and quality of coffee produced, - evaluate the quality of coffee produced by the Muranga Union, - assist cooperatives to improve the marketing and valuation of their products, - contribute to developing a strategy and legal framework on the signs of recognition of coffee quality in Kenya. The project plans to deploy staff (agronomy, field staff, coffee marketing) to the Muranga Union, upgrade quality coffee laboratory facilities at the Muranga Union coffee mill, provide ICT training and equipment to the Union, renovate coffee processing facilities, characterize Aberdare's eastern flank for coffee production and coffee disease control and train farmers on coffee value chain. The Kenya Livestock and Agriculture Research Organization (KALRO) is the lead agency for project implementation acting through the Coffee Research Institute. Other implementing agencies are Muranga Union, the Industrial Property Institute of Kenya and CIRAD.