The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi Coffee market faced price turbulence in the weekly auction after it netted Sh307.7 million, less than Sh 553 million of the last week. In the market, 19 coffee buyers bought 6,104 bags out of the 7,278 bags that had been offered during the weekly auction at the Nairobi Coffee…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kenya’s coffee market nets Sh 553.1 million following the auction of 10,494 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). The market reflected a rise in payment compared to last week’s auction of Sh190.5 million, where 12 dealers and eight coffee brokers participated. The factories that achieved the best prices…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke More land in Laikipia is being prepared for coffee planting after the experts asserted that the majority of the farmers’ are interested after the soil testing. The farmers received more than 10,000 certified coffee seedlings from the New KPCU, being a major boost designed to increase coffee production. Laikipia Governor Joshua…
By Sean Ngirici/ The Mountain Journal Tea market earned the factories Sh 769.7 million following purchase of 3,220,537kgs during the weekly auction in Mombasa. The prices to the 70 factories registered a decline from the Sh880.7 million paid by the buyers last week. In the analysis, the factories in the east of the rift, led…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi coffee market in the weekly auction made Sh190,510,891 after the sale of 3,626 bags of coffee, weighing 224,947kgs. The payment at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) reflected the lowest achieved payment to the estate and cooperative farmers, compared to last week’s Sh 316.1 million. Menu farmers cooperative society in…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.keKirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru has advised coffee stakeholders in Kirinyaga Countyto consolidate their views on the proposed coffee Direct Sales and Settlement regulations thathave been contested by a cross section of farmers in the county.In a consultative meeting with representatives from Capital Markets Authority, Agriculture andFood Association, Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE)…
Sean Ngirichi/The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Tea auctions continued to post low returns to the growers following the effects of climate change, as tea factories registered Sh 880.7 million, after the sale of 3,609,634 kgs. The payments to the 70 factories is less compared to Sh 816.5 million of the last week at the Mombasa Tea…
By Sean Ngirici/The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee market has continued posting declining payment to the growers during the weekly auction. The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) on Tuesday posted a sale of Sh 316.1 million following the auction of 5,818 bags, being low compared to that of the previous week of Sh376 million. In the…
Some of the farmers who attended a training in the use of biological pesticides by a team from Mount Kenya University and the University of Nairobi at Kabaa, Machakos county last weekend. Photo: Courtesy By James Wakahiu editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Farmers have been asked to embrace the use of biological pesticides as a way of mitigating climate…
By Sean Ngirichi/ The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The row between the coffee farmers and the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) has landed in the court, with Kerugoya High Court extending the conservatory orders barring the implementation of the Direct Settlement System (DSS) to July 28. The cooperative bank that manages the DSS, has applied to be…
