PRIME State’s exclusive fertiliser contracts wiped out 200,000 jobs According to the World Bank, the programme also weakened access for farmers, particularly in remote areas.
PRIME Four KTDA factories set for split in efficiency drive Move means that Kapkoros, Motigo, Olenguruone and Tirgaga factories will independently process and market its tea.
PRIME How KTDA bosses hurt market with floods of poor-quality tea supplies The drop in tea quality affected farmers from Kericho, Bomet, Nyamira, Kisii, Nandi, Vihiga and Trans Nzoia.
PRIME KTDA blames unsold tea stocks for Sh26bn debt spree An audit by the Tea Board of Kenya said that other than the Sh12.8 billion commodity loan, KTDA factories had loaned one another Sh10.36 billion, had asset-based financing valued at Sh2.6...
PRIME Why tea farmers east of the Rift Valley earn better Agency says natural geographical factors like altitude, soil and climate causes the quality of tea in west of Rift Valley counties to be lower than that of the counties in the east of Rift...
PRIME Coffee auction volumes hit a season high on strong prices The auction generated approximately Sh1.24 billion,which was higher than the previous auction on November 27.
PRIME Dealers split over ‘sip, spit tea tasting’ at Mombasa auction Every week at the Mombasa tea tasting offices, about 10 people are lined up days before the auction on Mondays and Tuesdays to determine tea quality using their tongues.
PRIME Coffee exports up to Sh43bn in nine months on higher prices The exported volume expanded by a marginal 4.4 percent to 45,249 tonnes up from 43,359 tonnes, highlighting a market rally powered more by price than output.
KDC gives Githunguri Dairy Sh500m for small-scale farmer loans Githunguri is the third-largest dairy processor after the New Kenya Cooperative Creameries and Brookside.
PRIME State slaps new import, export levies on bixa The introduction of the levies marks the first structured tax framework for the crop, which for years has operated under loose regulatory supervision.
PRIME Value of horticulture exports up to Sh87bn Most of Kenya's flowers are sold to the Netherlands (about 70 percent), followed by the United Kingdom. Other significant markets are Germany, Italy and France.
PRIME Kenya’s miraa exports to Somalia dip 17pc on Ethiopia competition Somalia is the main destination of miraa exports from Kenya, buying 99 percent of the exported crop.
PRIME Coffee exports to Kuwait fetch highest price globally Kuwait’s entry marks a new frontier for Kenya’s specialty coffee, joining emerging buyers such as the United Arab Emirates, France, Malaysia, Australia and Belgium among others.
PRIME Kenya bans macadamia harvesting to protect quality Kenya has imposed a two-and-a-half-month ban on harvesting and trading macadamia nuts to allow the crop to mature fully.
PRIME Kenya opens livestock genetics market to UK breeders The deal allows the UK sheep and goat breeders to export breeding material to Kenya.
PRIME Formal intake of milk surges to 690m litres in eight months The formal sector refers to milk that is collected, processed or distributed via licensed, regulated channels, as opposed to the informal market of raw milk sold locally in Kenya.
PRIME State targets non-traditional zones in coffee revival drive The move adds to the ongoing reform track where the government has since February 2023 restructured regulation, including bringing the Nairobi Coffee Exchange under the Capital Markets Authority,...
PRIME Tea overtakes soda ash to become Kenya’s top export to India Besides tea and soda ash, Kenya’s exports to India include pigeon peas and coffee.
PRIME Coffee dethrones suits, shorts as Kenya’s top export to US The resurgence in coffee export earnings coincides with renewed efforts by the government and private sector to revitalise the coffee value chain.
PRIME Kenya’s goat meat sales to UAE hit Sh5.47bn amid Ruto’s vaccination push The UAE has been one of President Ruto’s most frequently visited destinations since taking office in September 2022.
PRIME Why the price of gold is skyrocketing The speed of the upswing has been much faster than analysts had predicted and brings the total gains to nearly 100 percent.
PRIME Kenya set for mass rollout of GM cassava in 18 counties Kalro seeks approval to commercialise Kenya’s first genetically modified cassava.
PRIME China trade surplus with Kenya surges ahead of landmark tariff deal Kenya’s trade deficit with China widened to Sh295.8 billion in the first half of 2025.
PRIME Tea export earnings dip for first time in seven years, hit by low Pakistan orders KTDA data shows that average prices per kilogramme of processed tea dropped across all major growing zones.
PRIME CBK increases gold holdings by 40.8 percent Central banks across emerging markets have been increasing gold holdings as a safeguard against geopolitical risks and currency depreciation.
