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In an exclusive interview with Seeds of Gold, Dr Zachary Kinyua, Director of the Coffee Research Institute (CRI) at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO), said that the country is relying on new coffee-growing areas to increase production and reach 150,000 MT by 2028.
He said that as coffee production expands beyond the traditional growing regions, CRI will continue to provide farmers with research, training, quality planting materials and technologies.
The institute is increasing its production of high-quality coffee seeds and seedlings in response to rising demand from farmers establishing new plantations and those replanting old farms.
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