Kenyan farmers today launched a court challenge to laws that prevent them from selling and sharing unregulated seeds. Smallholder farmers make up 70 percent of the East African country’s agricultural sector and rely on the informal sharing of seeds when they are in short supply. But some fear that rules introduced in 2012 and 2016…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has said the government was firm in implementing coffee reforms, ahead of the oncoming coffee season 2025/2026. Kindiki said the government was working to ensure timely availability of fertilizer to farmers, subsidized pesticides and availability of certified subsidized coffee seedlings through better resourcing of the Coffee Research Institute. he added that…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) has ordered the tea factories under the management of KTDA to submit dates concerning the unsold tea. the TBK expressed concerns over the depressed prices for the tea destined for export and the adverse impact on the small holder tea factories. The regulator has requested…
Photo/Mukurwe ini MP John Kaguchia The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The impressive debate on the coffee prices has sparked an issue on who should be accredited between three lawyers. Mukurwe ini MP John Kaguchia lauded the former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to success after he initiated policies that guided the sector. The coffee prices have been…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The weekly tea auction earned small scale growers approximately Sh1.32 billion for the sale of 5,746,104kgs. The sale at the Mombasa Tea Auction reflected an increase compared to the previous sale of Sh1,250,818,689. In the market Mununga tea factory received Sh34.1 million, followed by Kathangariri Sh. 21.6 million. The factories in…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee market is set to proceeds on May 6, marking the end of the main crop harvesting that started on October 1, last year that earned Sh11.1 billion. The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) will be closed between May 6 and July 8. In the first half of the crop year…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Kenya coffee market continues to thrive with this week earning Sh 398 million after the sale of 7,358 bags of coffee.\ The sale reflected low sales compared to the previous weeks of Sh522 million at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). Njeneni Estate in Nakuru achieved the highest price of Sh60,635…
Photo/Peter Wambugu (left) from Wambugu Apple Farm in Ngobit in Laikipia and Kangema MP Peter Kihungi (right) looking at an apple seedling.The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Planting of apples is taking roots in Kangema, with learning institutions being the experiment grounds. The introduction of apples along the Slopes of Aberdare is a step towards a greener,…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke With reduction of coffee volumes at the auction, this week the growers fetched Sh 521.5 million from the sale of 10,190 bags of coffee. The production of coffee in various counties has reduced, with last week at the auction 14,468 bags were sold at Sh684 million. The factories that achieved the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.keCoffee farmers in Kirinyaga have a reason to smile following the release of huge payoutrates for the 2024/2025 season.Already 27 coffee factories out of the 75 wet mills have announced a payout of betweenKsh100 and Ksh.145 per kilogramme for the cherry. The factories that have declared their rates their coffee is brokered…
