Thursday, July 26, 2007

Kenya coffee marketer seeks sales rules clarity

(Reuters) - A Kenyan coffee marketing agent urged the government on Thursday to resolve conflicts of interest among marketing agents who also double up as exporters, saying it denied farmers getting better prices in the market.

Last year Kenya set rules to regulate the direct sales of coffee buyers abroad, allowing farmers to bypass a central auction where all Kenyan coffee had been traded since 1935.


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