A former sorts out coffee berries. [File, Standard] The government has initiated the Nyota project. Nyota stands for National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement. This is funded by the World Bank and aims at transforming the lives of the vulnerable youth. The project aims at creating employment opportunities, enhancing income generation and promoting savings among the youth population. The youths are currently undergoing training on business and entrepreneurship and will also be mentored and given some capital to establish businesses of their choice. The coffee sub-sector is one of the areas that these youths need to consider. Coffee has a history…
Author: By Irungu Maina
A former sorts out coffee berries. [File, Standard] The government has initiated the Nyota project. Nyota stands for National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement. This is funded by the World Bank and aims at transforming the lives of the vulnerable youth. The project aims at creating employment opportunities, enhancing income generation and promoting savings among the youth population. The youths are currently undergoing training on business and entrepreneurship and will also be mentored and given some capital to establish businesses of their choice. The coffee sub-sector is one of the areas that these youths need to consider. Coffee has a history…
Some of the certified coffee seedlings donated by the government coffee revamping programme through the New KPCU. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard] Though coffee production has declined from an annual yield of 130 metric tonnes to the current average of 50,000 metric tonnes, it remains an important commodity benefiting many people in the country. Lately, the coffee sector has been having discussions on the European Union Deforestation Regulation that is supposed to be implemented by December 30 this year. Under the regulation, the European Union countries have agreed not to buy any coffee that is grown on land that is demarcated to be a forest. This…