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From January 2025 coffee from Kenya will not be allowed to EU if where the coffee was planted used to be a forest before 2020.

The reason for this change is from the Paris meeting held on climate.

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We grow the coffee but its only for the elite in kenya, otherwise, how can one explain the difference in prices? Its extortional
 

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The usual gang led by @Okiya is on a roll kama kawa what has Ruto got to do with something that was drafted in 2021


How EU deforestation laws are reordering world of coffee​

The European Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, will outlaw sales of products such as coffee beginning December 30, 2024, if companies can't prove they are not linked with deforestation. The new rules' scope is wide: They will apply to cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil, wood, rubber and cattle. To sell those products in Europe, big companies will have to show they come from land where forests haven't been cut since 2020. Smaller companies have until July 2025 to do so.​


The European Union's (EU) Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) was crafted over several steps, starting in November 2021 and ending with its enactment in June 2023:


StepDate
ProposalNovember 17, 2021
General approachJune 28, 2022
Political agreementDecember 6, 2022
Parliament adoptionApril 19, 2023
Council adoptionMay 16, 2023
EnactmentJune 29, 2023
The EUDR is part of the EU's effort to reduce its contribution to global deforestation and forest degradation. It requires that all commodities entering or leaving the EU be certified as not contributing to recent deforestation or forest degradation. The EUDR covers a wide range of products, including:
Cattle, Cocoa, Coffee, Oil palm, Rubber, Soya, and Wood.


The EUDR also covers derived products, such as meat products, leather, chocolate, and more.


The EUDR becomes effective for micro and small exporters on June 30, 2025.
 
petlava said:
We grow the coffee but its only for the elite in kenya, otherwise, how can one explain the difference in prices? Its extortional
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A backward arrangement has Kenya exporting raw coffee and importing finished product. Same deal that has nigeria experiencing an energy crisis because they export crude oil cheaply and import the finished product at a more expensive price.

High quality coffee should be available at a cheaper price for Kenyans. Coffee is already popular, there are vendors who go around selling small amounts of coffee at 20/- and get many customers. I believe the local market has not been fully explored and satisfied. More processing and value addition targeting the local market should be done.

An interesting thing is that some Westerners theorize that coffee houses helped the enlightenment that led to technological advances. Instead of people socializing in alcohol joints and getting drunk, they socialized in coffee houses after it was introduced, drinking a stimulant that made their minds sharp and facilitated exchange of progressive ideas. How about kenya develops a home grown coffee house culture?
 
Clemens said:
Low Iq post, coffee is grown in over 14 counties in Kenya.
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Maybe there's a difference in how easily different counties can adopt to alternative lifestyles if coffee failed. The Kabartonjo farmer could easily go into Koriema goat rearing while the Embu farmer with his two acre land may not be able to move on as easily.
 
Mwalimu-G said:
Maybe there's a difference in how easily different counties can adopt to alternative lifestyles if coffee failed. The Kabartonjo farmer could easily go into Koriema goat rearing while the Embu farmer with his two acre land may not be able to move on as easily.
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True, but the Embu farmer can decide to farm Banana's for Nairobi, something that can be hard for a farmer in Kasisit village of Kabartonjo, although for some reasons, I am seeing coffee farming being aggressively embraced here in the rift.
 
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