Now, 15 species of coffee face extinction in East Africa

A farmer tending to coffee berries at a farm in Kabati, Muranga County. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NMG

East Africa’s coffee sub-sector is facing hard times, with a new study revealing that Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania is home to 15 of 75 species that are threatened with extinction.

Already, Robusta and Arabica, the most popular species of coffee globally, are facing a bleak future.