Yadini Coffee Estate

Operation Statement

The process of coffee production is capital intensive with high quality standards which are audited so as to be accepted by the global markets. Having this in mind the Board of Directors has endeavoured to ensure that the operations on the farm are implemented on time to attain the highest quality standards that are competitive in the market.
The Board of Directors works together with Coffee Management Services Ltd (CMS) team in
applying new management approaches in order to survive in business and retaining customers on a long-term basis. In line with this, the estate is Utz Kapeh certified and has invested in the internationally recognized management software (Microsoft Navision Business Solutions) to
streamline record keeping and ease management.

Business Objectives

The estate overall business objectives are:

To produce high quality product that will fetch high prices in the market.
To produce products in socially, environmentally and economically accepted standards.
To plough back the realised surplus for the welfare of the concerned parties.

In order to achive these objectives The estate continues to improve the factors of production in the most innovative processes for the continuity of the business of coffee production it has also endeavoured to train its workers in the various fields for the last three years to update with modern methods of production.
It is our humble policy to maintain good relationship with our suppliers and customers all the time during the production processes for us to achieve our objective efficiently. We also know that without customers, our business cannot grow and therefore we will endeavour to produce according to the consumers’ preferences

Core Values

We value our employees and their welfare.
We give equal employment opportunities regardless of colour, gender, race or religion.
We recognize and reward excellence in performance.
We value responsible corporate governance.
We nurture social responsibility to neighbouring communities.
We produce within the framework of sustainable environment

Management

Yadini Coffee Estate is managed by Coffee Managament Services Ltd (CMS), which is professional farm management company. A qualified and experienced farm manager runs the farm assisted by field supervisors and office clerks. An experienced senior agronomist from CMS Ltd provides advisory support for the farm.

Soil and Climate

Yadini Estate has very deep reddish brown volcanic soils of the Kikuyu loam series; predominated by dystrohumic Nitisols, Humic Nitisols and Acrisols. High water and nutrient retention capacity which are both conserved and optimized by proper management are a major agro-geological strength of these soils. The farm lies on cool, medium to high rainfall zone often referred to as Agro-ecological zone (UM1), which is an excellent zone for coffee production.

The average annual rainfall is 800mm which falls in a bi-modal pattern. The cool, sometimes very cold, wet periods occurring between May and July predisposes the coffee to a slow longer maturation period that culminates in development of premium quality flavour and aroma attributes.

Coffee Production

YEAR	TONS	HA	KG/HA
2000/2001	175	83	2,103
2001/2002	142	79	1,796
2002/2003	105	73	1,442
2003/2004	128	73	1,754
2004/2005	111	65	1,710
2005/2006	107	72	1,481
2006/2007	155	75	2,054
2007/2008	129	75	1,720
2008/2009	123	70.51	1,744
2009/2010	150	67.07	2,236
2010/2011	94	71	1316
2011/2012	31	80	389
AVERAGE	121	74	1638

Comparative Quality Analysis

Grades	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Total Kgs	Av Kgs/Grade
AA	7818	9518	8818	17188	16992	12764	10186	17,557	100841	12605
AB	51042	52160	36572	55413	63380	59157	57675	44,836	420235	52529
TT	6313	5705	6170	8604	6814	8640	5886	5,429	53561	6695
C	23815	20991	17622	16721	14275	19947	36517	2,955	152843	19105
T	13085	5600	9759	4584	3392	7473	7682	11,394	62969	7871
PB	4077	4975	4331	11084	13039	13517	7515	1,281	59819	7477
E	188	249	329	398	315	266	164	203	2112	264
HE	817	898	1339	506	763	1372	855	0	6550	819
UG	0	0	0	8106	0	0	9812	9,833	27751	3469
UG1	8474	7111	6614	1020	0	4	9763	274	33260	4158
UG2	12491	0	7753	22049	1899	0	0	0	44192	5524
UG3	23	1953	4173	502	2679	0	0	0	9330	1166
SB	342	300	2099	9241	321	44	796	0	13143	1643
MH	0	2358	1659	0	5237	0	2481	0	11735	1467
Total Kgs	128,485	111,818	107,238	155,416	129,106	123,184	149,332	93,762	998341	124793
Total Tons	128.485	111.818	107.238	155.416	129.647	123.184	149.332	93.762	998.341	125

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