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How Meru coffee farmer gets over 100kgs per tree from his bushes

Charles Mutwiri at his coffee farm in Kaing'inyo in Meru. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]

As coffee farmers break their backs on their farms to produce an average of three kilograms from a single tree, Charles Mutwiri is an exception.

Through his Mukarimu Coffee Estate in Meru County, the 62-year-old has over 20,000 bushes in different parcels of land spread across Imenti.

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