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Regulations row brews uncertainty at coffee auction Summary Trading on the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) has been hit by uncertainty as a July deadline set for dealers to get new licences draws close amid confusion on when the permits would be issued. The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) in March set a July 1 deadline for coffee brokers to get new licences under rules introduced last year to weed out cartels. Thursday May 13 2021 By GERALD ANDAE Summary Trading on the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) has been hit by uncertainty as a July deadline set for dealers to get new licences draws close am...

FARMKENYA INITIATIVE Some of the extended potato bags being traded at Gakoromone market in Meru County. [Japheth Makau, Standard] The Ministry of Agriculture and other food crop value chains have launched a nationwide crackdown targeting traders violating the packaging of Irish potatoes 50kg rule. The move has boosted efforts to protect farmers against exploitation by cartels and middlemen.   The food value actors under the leadership of the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) kicked off the exercise in Meru County, promising to ensure corrupt traders and other crooked players are punis...

Agency in drive to enforce 50-kg Irish potato bag rules Thursday May 06 2021 Irish potato farmers in Meru should utilise a 250- tonne cold storage facility whose construction is set for completion in March. FILE PHOTO | NMG By GERALD ANDAE Summary Agriculture regulator has launched a crackdown on traders violating the 50-kilogramme rule in the packaging of Irish potatoes as the government moves to implement the new regulation. Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) launched the crackdown in Meru Wednesday with those found violating the rule expected to be arrested and arraigned for defying Cap...

FARMKENYA INITIATIVE News By Philip Mwakio | April 6th 2021 at 08:10:00 GMT +0300 Sugarcane farmers at the Coast have welcomed a move by the government to increase the price of produce delivered to millers.  Kwale Sugarcane Growers Association Chairman David Ndirangu said farmers were excited at the prospect of increased earnings.   There are about 1,000 small-scale farmers who supply the Kwale International Sugar Company with cane. The company was revived in the late 90s after the collapse of Ramisi Sugar Company.  READ MORE Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya ( pictured) last...

THE STANDARD BUSINESS NEWS Sugarcane farmers at the Kenyan Coast have hailed as positive a move by the government to increase cane prices delivered to millers. Speaking to The Standard, Kwale Sugarcane Growers Association chairman, Mr David Ndirangu said that they were excited at the prospect of increased revenue accruing from selling their cane to millers. In Kwale, there are about 1000 small scale cane farmers who grow sugarcane and supply it to the Kwale International Sugar Company (Kiscol) which was revived in the late 90s after the collapse of the Ramisi Sugar Company. "This is likely t...