Baringo County received a coffee milling machine worth Ksh.100 million financed by a South Korean investor Rev.
“But with the arrival of the milling machine, I know it will provide an advantage of doing one stop milling within our production zones and therefore facilitate direct export to markets within the country and outside,” stated the Extension Officer in charge of coffee production in the county, Willy Cherogony.
The area under coffee production in the county currently stands at 2,500 hectares across six sub counties of Baringo Central, Baringo North, Eldama Ravine, Mogotio and Marigat particularly in Mochongoi area.
Receiving the equipment, the Deputy Governor, Jacob Chepkwony thanked the South Korean investor for the generous gesture and made a passionate appeal to local farmers to step up production.
“As a county, we shall try our best to assist existing and new farmers with subsidized fertilizers certified seedlings and extension services through field officers. This will enable the milling machine to operate at the recommended optimum level when it starts operation in nine months’ time.”
