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In improving farmers' earnings from Sh70 a kilo to Sh135, the cooperative giant also wants to realise growth in revenue from Sh135 million to Sh600 million in the period. [File, Standard]
New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (New KPCU) plans to double payments to farmers from the current Sh70 per kilo to at least Sh135 by 2027.
The farmers' cooperative, has detailed a plan in its just released 2023-2027 strategic plan that involves revamping old warehouses and inviting public-private partnerships (PPP) in a bid to improve earnings for the cherries.
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