IT graduate smells aromatic returns of farming coffee

Evalyne Nyawira at her farm in Kirinyaga County. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

For many years, farmers in Kenya’s coffee growing zones have been grumbling about the poor returns from the cash crop with some uprooting and others neglecting their stems.

But for Evalyne Nyawira, whose farm is in Kirinyaga County, the narrative is different. She ventured into coffee growing after several false starts in her career in Information Technology.