The New KPCU has kicked off a subsidy programme for coffee farmers where they will access quality farm inputs at a subsidized rate. The farmer will pay 60 percent while the government will subsidize at 40 percent. To benefit from the programme, farmers will be required to register with New KPCU between January 27 and February 2, 2022.
The programme will be launched by the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Mr Peter Munya on Thursday, January 27, 2022, at Karatina Stadium. Thereafter, he will proceed to Kirinyaga County at General Kassum Stadium for the same programme.
The programme is part of the reforms initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives in the coffee sub-sector geared towards increasing the overall coffee production in the country through the provision of quality and affordable farm inputs including fertilizers and pesticides. The inputs will be supplied to coffee farmers via the e-subsidy program thereby allowing farmers to access a wide range of inputs of their choice at the required time and from the nearest input supplier.
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The Ministry, through the New KPCU, will host a series of Forums in eight Counties over the next week. The Forums will provide a platform to sensitize and register farmers for the subsidy programme.
The Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Co-operatives Peter Munya will preside over the forums.
New Kenya Planters Co-operative Union Public Limited Company (New KPCU) was established in 2015 as a state corporation under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Co-operatives.
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New KPCU is mandated to mill and market coffee and advance the Coffee Cherry Revolving Fund (CCARF) to coffee growers.
In discharging its mandate, New KPCU, provides the growers with services including coffee milling, warehousing, marketing of coffee on behalf of the growers and provision of general farm inputs.
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