Farmers in Coast province are expecting a bumper harvest of cashew nuts this season due to high rainfall and use of proper crop husbandry following improved farm gate prices last season. The processors, through the Nut Processors Association of Kenya (NutPAK), the Ministry of Agriculture and the Cashew Nuts Growers Association, constituted a committee last year to regulate farm gate prices. This, according to Mr Charles Muigai, NutPAK chief executive officer, has contributed to the improved production. read on: http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Cashew+nuts+boom+expected+/-/1226/1260964/-/epq8h7/-/index.html
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Cashew nuts boom expected
Farmers in Coast province are expecting a bumper harvest of cashew nuts this season due to high rainfall and use of proper crop husbandry following improved farm gate prices last season. The processors, through the Nut Processors Association of Kenya (NutPAK), the Ministry of Agriculture and the Cashew Nuts Growers Association, constituted a committee last year to regulate farm gate prices. This, according to Mr Charles Muigai, NutPAK chief executive officer, has contributed to the improved production. read on: http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Cashew+nuts+boom+expected+/-/1226/1260964/-/epq8h7/-/index.html
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