The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke As there is anxiety on the bonus payment, the KTDA management tea factories during the weekly auction made Sh 654.1 million at the auction after the sale 2,771,755kgs. The payment was less compared to the Sh730 million of the previous week. The report by the Bicorn Exim Limited (Tea Brokers)detailed that…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The tea market sold 247.5 million kgs of tea, between January and June. The tea offered by the seven African countries was 247 million kgs, compared to 279 million kgs that was auctioned in the same period last year. In the duration, Kenya sold 203.3 million kgs, which attracted 78 buyers…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee market posted better prices during the weekly auction. On Tuesday, the market netted Sh942.1 million after the buyers bought 14,326 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). Last week, the auction fetched Sh638.8 million after the sale of 9,886 bags of coffee. Ten coffee brokers participated, where…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The proposal by Agriculture Food Authority (AFA) to grant licences to 10 additional coffee players to facilitate value addition, and growers in the direct sales has created mixed reactions in the market. The regulator in the Kenya Gazette proposed issuance of licenses to the firms that have complied with the Crops…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee farmers netted Sh 638 million at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) after the sale of 9,886 bags of coffee during the weekly auction. The report from the NCE indicated that coffee sourced from the cooperatives and estates brokered by Alliance Berries Limited, CEBBA, and New KPCU fetched high prices…
The Mountain Journal bgikandi@standardmedia.co.ke The government has launched a nationwide farmer registration exercise targeting to enlist more than 500,000 farmers in the Kenya Integrated Agriculture Management Information System (KIAMIS). The registration exercise enters the second phase, will enroll the farmers focusing on access to the subsided fertilisers, get contact with the international markets among other…
Photo/Rukuriri factory farmers undergoing a training The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The tea sector marked a vibrant and momentous occasion as the growers underwent a training designed towards quality production. Later, the over 1,000 farmers later held a colourful and successful graduation ceremony at Mzee Njeru Kagondu’s home in Kanja Village, who was the lead farmer….
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee market this week has earned the estates and cooperatives Sh 529.2 million after the sale of 9,578 bags of coffee. In the sale, the coffee brokers had offered 10,099 bags for sale where 521 bags were withdrawn. The reports from NCE reflect the weekly auction fetched more compared to…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kenyan and Iranian governments have jointly formed a committee to lay modalities to fast track resumption of the tea trade in two months. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced that the committee will identify the obstacles that led to the ban of Kenya’s tea in the Iranian market. Mutahi spoke during…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee Cooperative Societies leadership expressed their anger on the government ploy to cripple the sector through secretly imposing the direct payment model. The leaders from all the coffee growing counties said the action by the Cooperative Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya by passing the cooperative societies is an avenue that will sabotage…
