Kenya to resume tea export to Iran

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kenyan and Iranian governments have jointly formed a committee to lay modalities to fast track resumption of the tea trade in two months. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced that the committee will identify the obstacles that led to the ban of Kenya’s tea in the Iranian market. Mutahi spoke during…

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Coffee farmers say no government proposal on payment

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee Cooperative Societies leadership expressed their anger on the government ploy to cripple the sector through secretly imposing the direct payment model.  The leaders from all the coffee growing counties said the action by the Cooperative Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya by passing the cooperative societies is an avenue that will sabotage…

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Reduced prices at the coffee market

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…

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Relief as coffee earns Sh553 million

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…

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Laikipia settles for coffee as the major cash crop

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…

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Coffee market registers the lowest sales 

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…

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Waiguru calls for a dialogue on coffee direct payment model

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)…

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