Photo? Pauline Wanjiru displaying the roasted coffee while in the group’s coffee farm in Nyeri. The Mountain Journal A youth group in Nyeri is reaping returns from coffee through the value addition initiatives with a kilogramme fetching Sh2,500. The 11 members affiliated to the Nyeri Hill Organic Herbs and Eco Fuel Enterprises (NOHEFE) reap profits…
The Mountain Journal Coffee cooperative societies in Murang’a are competing on production of quality coffee as a strategy to uplifting farmers living standard The management of Gatagua and Kahuhia farmers cooperative societies in the past three years have been working on strategies to uplift farmers’ social and economic status through increase of quality coffee. Speaking…
The Mountain Journal The tea factories in the east of the rift achieved low prices for the second week running, following the implementation of the tea levy 2026 of Sh 2.28 of a kilogramme of made tea at the auction. In the weekly auction, KTDA-managed factories in the East complained of reduced tea sales due…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjoural The recently implemented Tea levy charging Sh 2.28 per kg of made tea has immensely affected Kenya’ s tea at the weekly Mombasa Auction. Tea sales experts assert that the majority of the buyers who had favoured the Kenya tea have shifted to produce from other countries at the auction. In…
The Mountain Journal The small holder tea factories in the weekly tea market fetched Sh 1.37 billion after the auction of 4.1 million kgs of tea at the Mombasa Tea Auction. In the market, the factories under the KTDA management that achieved the premier price are Gathuthi, Sh 424 per kgs Mununga Sh 424 per…
The Mountain Journal More tea factories have ventured into the installation of the orthodox tea processing equipment focusing on the expanded market, among other destinations. already, more than 12 factories produce the much needed specialty tea. The tea growers affiliated to the 71 tea processing factories, approved venturing into the new market through allocating use…
The Mountain Journal The coffers at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) have declined in the past two months with this week farmers presenting 11,835 bags that netted Sh 487.1 million In the market the coffee brokers presented 1,549 bags of grade AA, grade AB 1,763 bags , and grade C 984 bags that fetched premier…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee growers across the Mt Kenya region have registered better payment for the year 2025/2026, compared to three years ago. In the counties of Murang’a, Nyeri, Kirinyaga and Embu, the cooperative societies have reported a turnaround in fortunes as societies that posted better prices are New Ngariama society through Kamwangi…
The Mountain Journal A high-level symposium themed “Zero Tariffs, Infinite Opportunities” was held at the Chinese Embassy in Nairobi, on Monday that brought together key stakeholders from both the public and private sectors to deepen trade and investment cooperation between Kenya and China. The high level discussions was centered on strengthening bilateral trade ties and…
The Mountain Journal Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe warned macadamia processors companies against failure to buy all locally produced nuts failure which will open a window for the export of the inshell. He ordered the processors must buy the commodity at the government-set minimum price of Sh100 per kilo to enable the farmers…
