Kenya: Coffee Annual
FAS/Nairobi forecasts a stagnation in Kenya's coffee production in marketing year (MY) 2018/2019 due to the start of a production slump that is associated with coffee’s biennial bearing cycle. Meanwhile, the sector continues to lose land to housing developments and otherwise face challenges from competing farm enterprises in the traditional coffee growing areas. In MY 2016/2017 the United States replaced Germany as the top buyer of Kenyan coffee.
