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Igutha AA

In the Mukurweini District of Nyeri County, roughly I70 km north of Nairobi, is the Igutha Factory, beautifully sandwiched between the elegant Mt. Kenya and the Aberdare ranges.
The Factory belongs to the Rugi Farmer Cooperative Society (FCS) which was started back in 2005. The same year, the Factory was constructed and opened to the members of the FCS. Currently, the FCS maintains 6,500 members, 700 of which sell cherries to the Igutha Factory.

Farm Igutha Factory
Varietal Batian, Ruiru 11, SL 28, SL 34
Process Fully washed
Altitude 1,600 meters above sea level
Region Nyeri County
Owner Rugi Farmer Cooperative Society (FCS)
Tasting Notes Forest Fruits, orange juice

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Igutha AA

Rugi FCS was formed in the wake of a split of another cooperative. Learning from past experiences, services to their membership is one of their top priorities. Their goal is to increase coffee production through farmer training, Good Agricultural Practice seminars, and sustainable farming practices. Smallholder members have access to advances for farm inputs along with training in crop husbandry and land management. Through the financing the cooperative receives, farmers are given monetary assistance for school and farm improvements. Factory managers are trained annually to be at the forefront of sustainable practices and quality control for their increasing production.

About Kenya

Despite its proximity to the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia, coffee growing was introduced in Kenya relatively late – by Scottish missionaries, initially, and then commercially around 1900. Despite the late start, today, it is a country renowned for having some of the best coffees in the world. Nonetheless, Kenya’s coffee sector faces challenges for the future, and low global prices combined with climate change and population growth have diminished the country’s output over the last decade.