Coffee takes beating from rising global temperature

Peter Muchemi tends to his coffee bushes in Nyeri County. PHOTO FILE | NATION

Efforts to revive Kenya’s coffee sub-sector are facing a new challenge: Climate change.

As the government tries to revamp the sub-sector by writing off farmers’ debts and exploring new markets, researchers say that most coffee growing zones in central Kenya, particularly Kiambu and Murang’a, are no longer suitable for the crop due to rising temperatures.