Mark of social inclusion: Brewing dignity into Kenya’s coffee trade
Since its introduction to Kenya in 1893, coffee has remained one of the country’s most significant agricultural exports. Today, it is grown across 33 counties, largely by smallholder farmers who account for about 70 percent of production, supporting an estimated 1.5 million households directly and indirectly.
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Mark of social inclusion: Brewing dignity into Kenya’s coffee trade
Since its introduction to Kenya in 1893, coffee has remained one of the country’s most significant agricultural exports. Today, it is grown across 33 counties, largely by smallholder farmers who account for about 70 percent of production, supporting an estimated 1.5 million households directly and indirectly.
For decades, however, coffee has primarily been viewed through a narrow commercial lens-a commodity measured in kilograms, delivered to cooperative societies, subjected to deductions, and eventually paid out. In this system, the human stories behind the beans have often remained invisible.