Kenya's coffee exports rose 49% to 43,000 tons, earning Sh33.8 billion
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Combination of bumper harvest last year and great international prices due to depressed output from Latin America. However this year prices will be low due to drought, production is quite low.
Seems Uhuru ans Munyas policies of giving out low cost loans and subsidized fertilizer.Farmers only borrowed 200m https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/markets/commodities/coffee-farmers-borrow-only-sh200m-from-state-fund-in-two-years-3707198 . subsidized fertilers have been available since 2018 . Increased earnings and production has nothing to do with government policy its inspite of the policies.
Its plays magic , Ruto should continue giving cash crop farmers low cost loans , it results in more foreign exchange earnings which is vital to the growth of economy.
Another longterm policy which they can implement is having the cash crops processed in Kenya and export it as a finished product.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202212/1282702.shtml
The value of coffee Kenya exported between January and October rose 49 percent, boosted by increased shipments, the government statistics agency said on Wednesday.
The eastern African nation exported 43,308 metric tonnes (MT) of coffee at 33.8 billion Kenyan shillings (about 275 million U.S. dollars), up from 32,992 MT at 183 million dollars in the same period in 2021, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) said in a report.
It said the prices during the 10 months averaged 5.27 dollars a kilogram in the global market, lower than the 5.91 dollars seen in the same period last year.
This is an indication that Kenya earned more from coffee due to increased shipments, following declined production in main markets, in particular Brazil.
Coffee production in the South American nation was hurt by frost and drought in the first half of 2022.
Enosh Akuma, acting director of Kenya's Coffee Directorate, attributed the surge in production to government policies that provide farmers with low-cost loans from a revolving fund since 2020, and subsidized fertilizers.
What are these cartels we keep hearing in coffee farming?? What do they do?? How can anyone be able to take over such a confused and complex sector??I also don't understand
The only cartel are farmers producing a kilo or two per tree and expecting to earn millions.
A section of coffee farmers in Nyeri county are pleading with the parliament to change laws and reforms that were introduced by the former agriculture minister Peter Munya on the sector.
The farmers say that the reforms made by Munya that touch on societies and cooperatives in the coffee sector have created room for cartels, who are taking advantage of them by not allowing them to participate in the auctions.
“As farmers, we feel there is a need for the parliament to come up with new reforms that will help us, the farmers, sell our coffee directly to international markets, “they said.
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Members from several societies in the county said that the good climate in the region has favoured them profusely and with increased production, they expect to pocket huge earnings.
The farmers now want the Nairobi Coffee Exchange, which is mandated to manage coffee central auctions in the country, to partner with them and ensure the farmers have a direct market for their produce.
James Gichuhi, a coffee farmer from Mukurwe-Ini constituency said that he has never understood some of the reforms made by Munya and as farmers, they hope the news Cabinet Secretary agriculture Mithika Linturi will ensure coffee farmers get direct access to consumers.
“The reforms made on the coffee sector were so complicated that up to date I have never understood them, I hope that the new CS agriculture will sympathize with coffee farmers, “he said.
Mukurwe-Ini MP John Kaguchia has said they have been holding meetings with other Members of Parliament from the coffee growing areas within the Mt Kenya region and are pushing forward a motion that targets to eradicate coffee cartels.
“We have had meetings with other members from coffee growing regions and we are in the process to review the 2019 coffee task force law that allows coffee farmers to sell their coffee to any consumer locally and overseas," he said.
This comes days after a section of Mt Kenya leaders from the coffee growing region from both the senate and the national assembly held a meeting to discuss matters affecting coffee farmers in the region.
What are these cartels we keep hearing in coffee farming?? What do they do?? How can anyone be able to take over such a confused and complex sector??
The only cartel are farmers producing a kilo or two per tree and expecting to earn millions.
What are these cartels we keep hearing in coffee farming?? What do they do?? How can anyone be able to take over such a confused and complex sector??I also don't understand
The only cartel are farmers producing a kilo or two per tree and expecting to earn millions.
Ofcourse you can never understand the plight of Mt Kenya farmers ……Coffee is not mt kenya crop.Its grown in kericho. Its thriving in Uganda. My own father in law has some coffee though last I was there most were replacing it muguka.i don't understand what exactly ail the sector since mid 90s...moi was blamed but surely mt kenya have had 20yrs to fix problems.what exactly explain the slump compared to Uganda...who shoot through the ? .We can't be blaming shadows cartels for 30yrs.Something is fundamentally wrong.We can't be blaming coffee auction or cooperative. Something is fundamental wrong..we are not growing coffee aswe lose acreage to other crops and real estate..in Uganda there is almost no structure...every town you see coffee being dried and sold like maize...zero regulations..I wonder how they market for export...it seems to me to totally chaotic but thriving..soon they will produce 10 times KenyaWhat are these cartels we keep hearing in coffee farming?? What do they do?? How can anyone be able to take over such a confused and complex sector??I also don't understand
The only cartel are farmers producing a kilo or two per tree and expecting to earn millions.