Nairobi: Value addition to coffee should be prioritized by the government, private sector, and agricultural cooperatives to boost farmers' incomes, participants said Friday at a forum in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.

The day-long Arabika Coffee Day meeting, attended by senior government officials, industry experts, and farmers, is expected to chart a new pathway for enhancing the processing of coffee before it is shipped to international markets.

Javan Ngeywo, coffee production value chain advisor at Kenya's Coffee Directorate, said the country exports more than 90 percent of its coffee in semi-processed form with minimal value addition at the local level.

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