The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Dr Andrew Mwihia has disclosed that the Government has adopted a consultative engagement approach with agri-business players to foster accelerated agricultural transformation for national growth. As part of the consultative engagements, Dr Mwihia said the Ministry of Agriculture is progressively hosting monthly…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee market was lively as 15 buyers bought 17,293 bags of coffee for Sh 872.7 million. At the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) the price offered was better compared to last week’s Sh637.1 million. In the NCE report, Gicherori, and Gititu factories coffee sold by the Alliance Berries Limited achieved the highest…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Seventy tea factories last week fetched Sh1,416,148,117 after the auction of 4,198,294 kgs of tea. The returns in the market were less compared to the previous Sh1,484,838,599 for the auction of 4.23 million kgs. Mununga tea factory took the lead with Sh39.6 million after the auction of 88,394 kgs followed by…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal Tea Farmers at the Ndima tea factory decline to be addressed by Gatundu MP Gabriel Kagombe who is also a board member in Kiambu. Kagombe was among the MPs who supported the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Hell broke loose when the farmers in their annual general meeting branded…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A Sh 300 million speciality tea factory is being constructed in Murang’a to help in the manufacture of the product in high demand. Njunu tea factory directors commissioned the construction of the speciality factory, designed to earn tea farmers better returns from the lucrative market. During the groundbreaking function, factory chairman…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The weekly coffee market generated Sh637.1 million on Tuesday, after the auction of 12,144 bags of coffee. The report indicated that farmers in cooperatives and estates earned more compared to the previous year’s auction of Sh429.9 million. In the market coffee brokered by Alliance Berries Limited, Kirinyaga Slopes, and New KPCU…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Tea factories last week sold 4,229,912 kgs of tea that fetched Sh1.4 billion at the Mombasa Tea Auction. In the market reports, factories in the east of rift fetched Sh1.05 billion after the sale of 2.5 million kgs of team, while the west of rift sold 1.7 million kgs for Sh430.7…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Tea stakeholders have initiated a programmes that will train farmers in the west of the rift on enhanced quality production. The programme by Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) and KTDA will help in training the farmers at Mumol tea factory between November 26,and November 29 and between December 2 and December…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Nine coffee brokers presented 9,017 bags of coffee traded at Sh 429.9 million at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). In the auction, grade AA brokered by the Alliance Berries Limited from Gitura and Munani factories achieved the highest price of Sh 45,103. Grade AB, Makiou factory brokered by CEBBL achieved the…
Coffee prices surged to their highest levels in the latest auction, driven by strong demand as buyers stockpile ahead of the European Union’s deforestation regulation, which threatens to tighten market supplies. In Kenya, the cost of Arabica surged to $276 for a 50-kilo bag, up from $251 in the previous sale, marking the highest value…
