The Mountain Journal Anti tampering gadgets have been installed in the green leaf weighing scales, in efforts to eradicate falsifying and theft of green leaf. The gadgets have been installed in the weigh scales in all the 71 tea factories designed to improve transparency and accountability in the multi billion shillings sector. The tamper proof…
The Mountain Journal Kenyas’ four smallholder tea factories won recognition awards for producing the best innovative tea in the specialty tea class competition in Kigali, Rwanda. During the sixth African Tea Convention and Exhibition Ragati, Itumbe, Gitugi and Kagwe tea factories were recognised for production of quality tea and emerged the best in the competition….
The Mountain Journal Seventeen coffee buyers on Tuesday purchased 12,313 bags of the coffee at Sh 476 million. During the weekly coffee auction at Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) the payment reflected an increase from the previous of Sh 471.2 million after the sale of 11,480 bags of the commodity. In the market coffee from Kiriga…
The Mountain Journal The Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) has ordered the immediate suspension of the tea reserve imposed two years ago, a move designed to end congestion of unsold tea in the Mombasa warehouses. The removal of the reserved price followed a deliberation by the tea market players and the agriculture Cabinet Secretary Dr…
The Mountain Journal The weekly tea auction generated Sh767.5 million after the sale of 2.058 million kgs of made tea. In the sale dated September 23, Momul Factory achieved the highest price of Sh27 million. Factories in the east of the rift sold 1.4 million kgs, while those from the west of the rift marketed …
The Mountain Journal Thirteen coffee buyers bought 11,480 bags of coffee at Sh471,279,861 during the weekly auction at Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). The proceeds at the first auction in the coffee year 2024/2025 was lower compared to the previous of Sh566.3 million after selling 13,937 bags of the commodity. In the market Kikambuani factory affiliated…
The Mountain Journal In the past year, the coffee sector has made major milestones with farmers following the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) online during the weekly auction. Nearly all the cooperative societies have managed to sell their produce through the auction with a few using the direct sale window. But there has been a shortcoming…
The Mountain Journal Coffee farmers generated Sh24.3 billion from the sale of 691,956 bags at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) in the coffee year 2023/2024, which ended on September 30.. It was a year full of mistrust between the farmers and the players in the sector following delays in remittance of money into the cooperative…
InbI have delivered in coffee reforms’, DP Gachagua says BY DPCS Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Friday toured coffee factories in Githunguri, Kiambu County, to check on the progress of the ongoing reforms in the sub-sector and engage farmers on the Government-backed legal and policy changes. During the working tour, Mr Gachagua, who was in…
The Mountain Journal The Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) has moved a step further pleading with the farmers to focus on quality rather than quantity to enjoy higher bonuses. The TBK has started a campaign in tea growing areas, encouraging the farmers and smallholder farmers to prioritise picking quality tea leaves to increase their earnings….
