NCE: Coffee earnings increase in current quarter

A farmer Gichira Komu tends to his unripe bare coffee berries after the leafs fell off following a prolonged cold spell leading. [Photo: Standard]

Nairobi Coffee Exchange has reported that coffee earnings rose by Sh1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018.

The trend was achieved due to increased auction of the product in the market making the value of the product rise to Sh22.5 billion in 2018 from Sh21.5 billion in 2017.