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Kenya coffee: Farmers face the double whammy of poor pay and climate change

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Coffee is prized worldwide for its high quality, full body, deep aromas and fruity flavour.

Growing the berries is labour intensive - picking, pruning, weeding, spraying, fertilising and transporting the products.

Coffee trees are extremely sensitive to small differences in temperature and weather conditions.

But in Kenya 's fertile Rift Valley , higher temperatures and changing rainfall patterns mean a decreasing water supply for coffee farmers.

Climate change has led to a shortage of global coffee supplies and an increase in the price of coffee.

93% of Kenyan coffee farmers are already experiencing the effects of climate change.

The coffee industry in Kenya is a key source of employment, providing jobs for an estimated 150,000 people.