The Mountain Journal In 16 weeks between October 1, last year and February 6, Kenya has managed to auction 300,531 bags of coffee that fetched Sh18.4 billion, as quality coffee the highest return from the market. In the market 214,855 bags of quality coffee that accounted for 72 percent, the farmers in estates and cooperatives…
Farmers in tea-growing zones are upbeat over the growth of the sector after receiving increased green leaf payment of Sh30 per kg, up from previous Sh25. The increased payment was factored in the tea reforms, as the factories warned the pluckers against raising the plucking charges above the set price. The celebrations have been rife in…
The Mountain Journal There is an outcry of mangoes glut in Murang’a with thousands of farmers staring at incurring a major loss after the fruit processors and buyers are overwhelmed by the production. Reports indicate that more than 40,000 metric tonnes of the mangoes have gone to waste since the harvesting season started, with an…
The Mountain Journal Agriculture Food Authority lifted the macadamia harvesting ban allowing the trading to start on February 1, after a study established that the nuts were mature in many parts of the country. In a notice, the regulator Director General Dr Bruno Linyiru, listed the ban that was imposed to run between December 1,…
The Mountain Journal Kenya’ s weekly coffee market Sh 2.4 billion after the buyers bought 39,853 bags of the commodity. Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) reported that during Tuesday’s auction 13 coffee brokers offered 12,566 bags of grade AA and 18,596 bags of grade AB which attracted the buyers. Alliance Berries Limited offered the highest volume…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Certified coffee earned a premium price in the weekly auction, compared to the ordinary produce at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). In the market analysis, NCE report indicates that the 10 factories that achieved the lucrative prices of their coffee are certified by RainForest Alliance, CAFE, Faretrade, and EUDR. The certified…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The small holder tea factories earned Sh 1.11 billion after the auction of 3,170,088 kgs of tea at the Mombasa Tea Auction. In the weekly sale factories, 10 factories that fetched the lucrative price of between Sh 433 and Sh 406 per kgs of tea, were Gathuthi Sh 15.2million after the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke KTDA has adjusted the monthly green leaf payment to Sh 30 per kilogramme up from Sh 25 per kilogramme which was imposed in 2020 to conform with the Tea Act 2020. In the last year AGMs; the farmers from the tea growing belts raised their voice calling for the increment of…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) netted Sh 2.4 billion in the weekly auction after the estate and cooperatives offered 40,918 bags. The market had 18 buyers as the Alliance Berries Limited offered the highest volume of 14,651 bags that fetched 917.3 million. New KPCU:6,107 bags ( Sh 359 million), Kirinyaga Slopes…
The Mountain Journal editor@themoutainjournal.co.ke At least 50 candidates have been attracted to the position of KTDA Group CEO, which was left by Wilson Muthaura who proceeded to retirement last week, the agency leadership has said. The KTDA Holding Board on Monday divulged that five of the candidates are its internal employees serving in various positions…
