Story by DAVID MUGONYI in London
Publication Date: 5/26/2008
Coffee from Kenya will now attract higher prices following the signing of regulations governing the sector in London Sunday.
The regulations signed under the International Coffee Agreement will allow coffee from the country to be branded thereby fetching it higher prices.
The country’s coffee is among the best in quality in the world
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Business Daily (Nairobi)
Posted to the web 31 January 2008
Solomon Mburu
A marketing body has been formed to help sell locally-produced specialty coffee in America.
The Specialty Coffee Association of Kenya will market high quality Kenyan coffee in the US, which is one of the fastest growing markets for local produce.
“We expect to sell more high quality coffee in the US with better returns
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By Duncan Miriri
NAIROBI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Coffee berry disease will cut Kenya’s coffee harvest in the 2007/08 crop year by 20 to 30 percent, based on internal forecasts, the Coffee Board of Kenya said on Tuesday.
“Initially we had projected a slightly higher output, something to do with 53,000-54,000 metric tonnes. So far I am looking at something between a 20 percent, 25 percent, 30 percent
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Business Daily (Nairobi)
Zeddy Sambu
Small scale coffee farmers now have a window to sell coffee directly to the United States under the ‘ethically produced’ label.
Buyers advocating for Fair Trade agricultural practices in developing countries are competing for such flavour, offering a premium for every kilogramme sold through stores managed by Flavia.
Flavia, the pioneers of single-serve,
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The Nation (Nairobi)
2 November 2007
Amina Kibirige
Nairobi
A consignment of coffee destined for US has turned out to be no more than sand.
The consignment from Uganda was discovered after it reached Mombasa.
Sift Track Transporting Company had been contracted to move the three containers of 21 tonnes each from Kampala to Mombasa to be exported to United States. But when the containers
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