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Stakeholders launch $950 million initiative to boost Africa’s coffee industry

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The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO) in partnership with Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) and the International Coffee Organization (ICO) has launched USD950 million ‘Africa Coffee Facility’ (ACF) to boost Africa’s coffee industry and achieve a 40 per cent increase in high-quality exports worth US$5 billion a year. This comes at a time …

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Poor coffee prices push Nyamira farmers to pawpaw farming

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Nyamira County residents are turning to pawpaw farming to top up earnings from bananas to shield themselves against coffee losses resulting from poor markets and theft of the beans from factories. According to Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE), coffee prices has been on a downward trajectory this year due to low quality beans coupled with depressed …

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Global agribusiness firm reduces production downtime with smart sensors

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ABB Ability Smart Sensor Leading agribusiness, Olam International, is digitalizing its operations with the ABB Ability Smart Sensor, fitting the pocket-sized smart sensor in some of its factories to remotely monitor low voltage motors. Olam International is a supplier of food and industrial raw materials including nuts, grains, coffee, cotton and rubber to over 22,000 …

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Western and central Kenya farmers to receive support to grow high yielding and disease resistant Batian coffee variety

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Nescafe Plan Launch in Bungoma. Photo courtesy. Over 18,000 coffee farmers from Western and Central regions of Kenya are set to receive training and technical support courtesy of Nestlé’s Nescafé Plan dubbed Coffee by Women in Kenya to grow Batian coffee variety which is high yielding and disease resistant, hence the production is likely to …

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Good news to fresh produce exporters as Air France announces more weekly flights to Kenya

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Asparagus vegetable. France and the UK are the primary markets for fresh vegetable produce from the Kenya. Photo courtesy. Kenyan fresh produce exporters are set to benefit increased export opportunities following French national carrier, Air France’s announcement that it will launch two additional weekly flights to Kenya’s capital Nairobi from April as part of expansion into …

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Frustrated farmer abandons coffee, finds money in passion farming

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Nyangaresi Nyamira turns passion fruit bushes at James Kiriago’s farm at Magwagwa, Nyamira County. Kiriago is making more money from the passion fruits unlike the coffee cash crop. Photo: Laban/Farmbiz Africa. A farmer from Nyamira County who made losses due to mismanagement and factory bean robbers in the coffee sector shunned the crop for passion …

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Food and beverage company plans to improve coffee farmers’ yields

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Coffee farmer picking mature beries. Nestle Kenya Limited, a food and beverage company which manufactures Nescafé, Dolce Gusto, Zoégas and Nespresso among other brand products is working with over 42,000 farmers spread across Kiambu, Muranga, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Embu Tharaka Nithi and Meru counties under NescafePlan to improve their coffee production. The farmers who are require …

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