The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Prices at the Mombasa Tea Auction have continued to decline with last week the tea factories earned Sh 802,279,504 after the auction of 3,234,998 kgs of tea. The prices reflected a decline from the previous week where the 70 tea factories earned Sh940,881,663 after the auction of 3,871,866 Kgs. Three weeks…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Above 102.92 million kgs of tea have been sold between January and March through the Mombasa Tea Auction, to 58 destinations around the globe. In a report by the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK), in March the KTDA factories, independent producers and estates produced 37.9 million kgs, compared to 54.3 million…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Smallholder tea factories earned the farmers Sh 1,224,011,360 following the auction of 5,884,670kgs. Report from the Mombasa tea auction reflects that the last week’s performance was higher compared to the previous sales of Sh1,137,972,780 following the sale of 5,418,918 kgs. In the weekly market, the factories that auctioned their tea at…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Already 1,694 coffee farmers have received Sh93.3 million from the Coffee Cherry Fund kitty sourced from the New KPCU last month. In a report, New KPCU between May 19 and May 26, disbursed the amount to growers affiliated to cooperative societies in 17 counties, where farmers from Gatukuyu farmers cooperative society…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Murang’a County Government has unveiled a multi million shillings avocado packhouse, designed to add value to the internationally demanded fruit from Kenya. Governor Irungu Kang’ata said the unveiled a packhouse will assist in providing the farmers with better prices, owing to the value addition. The facility is located at Ng’araria following…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.keThe County Government of Kirinyaga County Government is constructing a coffee storagewarehouse to strengthen farmer’s capacity to directly market and sell their produce at theauction.The state-of-the art warehouse is expected to benefit over 120,000 coffee farmers in thecounty.The warehouse that is coming up at the Kirinyaga County Cooperative Union premises inKimicha along…
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…
