Gititu Farmers Cooperative Society
🇰🇪Kenya

Gititu Farmers Cooperative Society

Gititu Coffee Growers Cooperative Society is a prominent farmers' organization based in the Githunguri sub-county of Kiambu, Kenya. It operates as a large-scale cooperative managing multiple coffee washing stations and supporting thousands of smallholder farmers in the region.

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History

Founded in 1954 under the Cooperative Societies Act, the society has grown into a significant entity with over 5,000 members and eight coffee washing stations. It focuses on collecting coffee from registered producers, conducting wet processing, and managing the marketing of high-quality coffee grades.

The farmer's day, in pictures

Editorial illustrations of the harvest and farm work our research documented — anonymous figures, never real likenesses.

Gititu Farmers Cooperative Society — coffee farmer illustration 1
Gititu Farmers Cooperative Society — coffee farmer illustration 2
Gititu Farmers Cooperative Society — coffee farmer illustration 3
Coffees by Gititu Farmers Cooperative Society