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Coffee can be vegetatively propagated either by grafting, stem-cutting or seed	Kahūa no gaciarithanio na njīra ya kūhūthīra irūngo, kuohithania, kana ona mbegū
It is therefore important to balance the cations in the soil at this stage.	Nīūndū ūcio, nīūndū wa bata kūiganania cations thīinī wa tīīri ihinda-inī rīrī.
Mature plants can be cut back quite hard every three years to manage size and encourage lateral growth.	Mītī mīkūrū noicehagwo o thutha wa mīaka ītatū nīguo kūgiria īnenehe mūno na honge ingī njerū ciūre.
Leave 3 metres between trees. In this way you can plant about 1 000 coffee trees per hectare.	Tiga ūtaganu wa mita ithatū kuuma gītina gia kahūa nginya kīria kīngī. Kwa njīra ino,no ūhande itina ngiri īmwe harī hectare īmwe ya mūgūnda.
Proper application of mulch (6” from the stump) to avoid Collar rot.	Ara mūceng'i wega inji 6'' nīguo ūgirie kūbutha kwa mūtī kuuma harīa mīri yambīrīirie.
Products containing malathion are slightly hazardous (WHO toxicity class III).	Kūringana na WHO, dawa īrī na Malathion, nīirī thumu ūtarī mūrūrū mūno(WHO toxicity class IIII).
Practising rotations and intercropping to reduce pest population, Maintenance of field sanitation, Proper weed control	Kūgarūrira mīmera īria īrahandwo kahūa-inī nīkūnyihagia wūingī wa tūtambi hamwe na gūtheria mūgūnda na kūrīmīra kahūa.
The process of harvesting coffee beans is an important part of the coffee production process and has a major impact on the quality of the final product.	Njīra īrīa kahūa kagethagwo nayo nī yabata mūno nīūndū nīyo ītūmaga kahūa kagīe mūcamo mwega kana kaage karīkia gūthīo
Calcium – enhances formation and growth of terminal buds/flower.	Calcium iteithagia mīthondekere ya ihūa rīa kahūa.
Harden seedlings by gradually reducing the shade.	Ehereria kīruru kahorakahora nīgūo komīrīrie.
Currently, there are 8 Kenyan coffee bean grades: E, PB, AA, AB, C, TT, T, and MH/ML.	kwa ihinda rīrī, Kenya kwīna irathi inyanya cia kahūa na nīcio; E, PB, AA, AB, C, TT, T, na MH/ML.
The tap root goes straight down into the soil.	Mīri īno ya itimū īmeraga irūngarīte na gwūikūrūka haraya thīinī wa tīīri.
When the seedlings are three months old, the first two leaves are well developed.	Thutha wa mīeri itatū, mathangū meerī ma mbere magakorwo methondekete wega.
The topography of certain regions means machine harvesting is not always possible owing to the steep terrain.	Ningī mīgūnda īngī nī mīinamu mūno ūndū macini itangīhūthīka.
When coffee seedling moved to the nursery?	Mīūngūrwa ya kahūa īrutagwo natharī-inī rī?
Use soapy water or oils only during non-hot and non-sunny periods to prevent discolouration of leaves. Prior to applying them extensively, apply to a branch and after 48 hours check for adverse reactions of the coffee plant	Maaī marī thabuni na maguta ihūthīrwo rīria gūtarī ūrugarī mūīngī kana rīua ihiū nīūndū mathangū nomagarūrūke rangi wamo. Mathaa 48 mbere ya kūhaka mathangū, honge ciambīrīre.
1380-2000 trees per īka depending on the arabica variety; in the case of Robusta, plant between 253-675 trees per īka	Itina ngiri īmwe na magana matatū ma mīrongo īnana nginya ngiri igīrī cia mūthemba wa Arabica kana itina magana meerī ma mīrongo ītano na ithatū nginya magana matandatū ma mīrongo mūgwanja na ithano cia mūthemba wa Robusta.
When does intercropping starts?	Kahūa kangīambīrīria kūhandanīrio na mīmera īngī rī?
Potassium promotes vigor, boosts cell strength and increases the coffee tree`s tolerance to diseases, and water or frost stress.	Potassium ītūmaga mūmera ūgīe na hinya na gūtūma cells īgīe hinya wa gwītiria mīrimū, gūtangīka rīrīa maaī manyiha kana ona mbaa yaingīha.
Store for a minimum of 4 weeks and a maximum of 6 months. After that beans become woody. A relative humidity in the store of 60% at 20deg celcius is suitable.	Kahūa rīu no kaigīke kwa ihinda rīa wiki inya nginya mīeri ītandatū. Thutha ucio nīkomaga mūno. ūgunyu wa 60% na ūrūgarī wa 20 degrees nīcio itthimi iria ciagīrīire.
Coffee can be grown on many different soil types, but the ideal is a fertile, volcanic red earth or a deep, sandy loam.	Kahūa nogakūre tīīri-inī ūtiganīte no ūrīa mwega mūno nī tīīri ūrīa wīna ūnoru, mūtune kana volcanic red soil, na sandy-loam.
How long does the coffee seedlings stay in a nursery?	Mīūgūrwa ya kahūa īikaraga natharī-inī ihinda rīigana atīa?
However Ruiru 11 is a high yielder, has best population per unit, high disease tolerance but with poor rooting system, it is suited to all coffee growing zones in Kenya .	Ona Kūrī ūguo,mūthemba wa Ruiru 11 nīūciaraga mūno, ūhandagwo itina nyingī harī īka, nīūhotaga gwītiria mīrimū noo mīri ndītheremaga ūrīa kwagīrīire. Ruiru 11 nīihandagwo matūra mothe kūria kahūa kahandagwo.
Which is the best type of soil to plant coffee?	Nī tīīri ūrīkū mwega wa kūhanda kahūa?
The lower quality and reduced yield can result in lower income for the farmers, impacting their livelihoods and the economic sustainability of coffee production in a region.	Gīkīro gīathī gīa kahūa na ūnyihu wa magetha kūhotomagia ūtūūro wa mūrīmi na mīrīmīre ya kahūa īkaritūha.
Use implements like the half-moon jembe to weed in between the rows.	Huthīra icembe rīrīa ūkūrima gatagatī ka mīkaro.
Establish nurseries in pollution free environments.	Thondeka natharī haraihu na kīndū ogīothe kīngīthūkia.
Nitrogen is essential for strong vegetative growth and to maintain good strong cherry fill for high yields.	Nitrogen nīyabata mūno harī gwīkīra mathangū, na kuiga mītī īrī na hinya na mbegū ciiyūirie nīguo magetha maingīhe.
SL 34 suitable for high altitude area;SL 28 at a spacing of 9ft by 9ft suitable for medium to high altitude area, has good rooting system, high yielder but susceptible to diseases.	SL 34 īrīa īhandagūo kūndū kūrīa kūrī irīma; SL 28 īhandagūo na ūtaganu wa fiti kenda gwa kenda na yagīrīire kūhandwo kūndū kūrīa kūrī irīma, īkoragwo na mīri mīega, īgīaga na magetha maingī no nīinyitagwo nī mīrimū raithi.
Robusta coffee is currently grown in 5 counties (Kisumu, Homabay, Siaya, Bungoma and Busia) with a potential of expansion to Kilifi and Kwale counties in the coastal region.	kahūa mūthemba wa Robusta ūkūragio thīinī wa county ithano iria nī Kisumu,Homabay, Siaya, Bungoma na Busia.Kwīna ūhotekū wa mūthemba ūyū wa kahūa ūkorwo ūgīkūrio Kilifi na Kwale gīchūa-inī.
What is the recommended spacing SL 34, SL 28, and K7 coffee seedlings varieties?	Kahūa mīthemba ya SL34, SL28 na K7 yaragīrīirwo gūtigithūkanio atīa īkīhandwo?
The prefix SL in the variety name are acronymous for Scott Laboratories where the variety was selected. The name is completed by a serial number (28) for the selection. The variety is suited for medium to high altitude coffee growing zones.	SL nī ndemwa cia mbere cia Scott Laboratories na 28 nī namba ya kīrathi kia mūthemba ūyū. SL28 īkūraga wega kūndū kwaraganu ona kūrī irīma kūrīa kahūa gakūragio.
How to increase coffee berry weight?	Mbegū cia kahūa ingīongererwo ūritū atīa?
Cut back the affected plants and graft gradually using resistant varieties like Ruiru 11 or Batian	Ceha honge iria ndwaru na ūciarithie ingī ūgītūmīra mīthemba īrīa īhotaga gwītiria mīrimū ta Ruiru 11 kana Batiani.
The disease is caused by a fungus living in the soil and dead infected plant materials.	Mūrimū ūyū ūrehagwo nī fungus iria cikaraga tīīri-inī ona mīmera-inī īrīa mīrwarū kana mīūmū
When you remove the coffee tree seedlings from the nursery bed in order to plant them in the plantation, be very careful not to break the roots.	Ūgīthamia mīūngūrwa kuuma natharī-inī ūgītwara mūgūnda menyerera kuunanga mīri.
Coffee Berry Disease or nutrients deficiency.	Igūaga nīūndū wa kūrwara kana kwaga irio ciakūigana
Pluck off diseased berries, collect in a container and destroy by burning or burying	Eheria mbegū iria ndwaru, ūciīkīre handu hamwe, ūcithike kana ūcicine.
Since Urea is highly Nitrogen-concentrated, it should be used in combination with earth or sand before its application.	Nīgūkorwo urea īkoragwo na Nitrogen nyingī makīrīa, yagīrīire gūtukanio na tīīri kana mūthanga ītanekīrwo mūmera-inī.
What is the best fungicide for coffee berry disease?	Dawa njega ya kūrūa na mīrimū ya mbegū cia kahūa nī īrīku?
It's also compact. therefore, more stems can be accommodated per unit area.	Itina cia kahūa gaka onacio nīitumanagio rīrīa ikūhandwo.
What is the recommended spacing of Ruiru 11 coffee seedlings?	kahūa ka Ruiru 11 kagīrīirwo kūhandwo na ūtaganu wūigana atīa?
Coffee is harvested by hand by one of two ways, i.e., strip picking or selective picking.	Kahūa kagethwo na moko, no ūbure mītī kana ūthure karia keeru gatheri
Prepare the land well in advance, digging out all tree stumps, roots, bushes and grasses.	Harīria mūgūnda wega tene, ūkīmunyaga ithukī, mīīri, mahuti ona nyeki.
How to control Coffee Berry Disease on coffee?	Hihi īngīrūa atīa na mīrīmū ya mbegū cia kahūa?
Coffee mealybug: This is a tiny, sap-sucking insect that feeds on the leaves and stems of the coffee tree.	Coffee Mealybug: Gaka nī gatambi kanini kanyuaga maaī kuuma mathangū-inī na itina-inī cia mītī ya kahūa.
Temperatures range from 15 to 24 degrees and average rainfall ranges from 900–1200mm.	Ūrugarī wa gatagatī-inī ka digirii 15 na 24 na mbura ītarī nene mūno ya gatagatī-inī ka ithimo cia milimita 900 nginya 1200.
Why is coffee grown at high altitudes better?	Nīkīī gītūmaga kahūa gakūrīirio irīma-inī kagīe mūcamo mwega?
Processing process: After being harvested, coffee beans often need to go through processing steps such as peeling, drying, or cooking to remove the skin and coffee beans and create a high-quality product.	Gūthīa kahūa: thutha wa kūgetha, kahūa kahītūkagira makinya ta gūkonyora, kūūmithia kana gūcina niguo kagie mūcamo mwega.
Suitable intercrops include short leguminous crops such as beans, tomatoes and Irish potatoes.	mīmera īrīa mīega ya kuhandanīria na kahūa nī īrīa yoyaga kahinda kanini gūkūra ta mboco, nyanya na waru cia ngwacī .
Timing is critical for the control of leaf rust and the sprays should be applied before the commencement and during the early period of the rainy season.	Ihinda ria kūhūhīra nī riabata na kuogwo dawa yagīrīirwo kūhuhīrwo mbere ya mbura kūringa kana kīambīrīria-inī yaringa.
How do I raise coffee nursery?	Ingīhota atīa gūtungata natharī ya kahūa?
Setting baited traps in the pruned fields	Kūiga mītego thīinī wa kahūa gacehe.
The name is completed by an additional two code numbers, 11.	Rītwa rīrī rīrūmīrīirwo nī namba ikūmi na īmwe.
The mite can cause the leaves to become yellow and deformed, reducing the tree’s ability to photosynthesize.	Mbūmbūī īno ītūmaga mathangū matuīke ma rangi wa ngoikoni na magīe na mūhianīre ūngī, ūguo kūnyihia ūhoti wa mūtī gwīthondekera irio.
The strain has a long stem which is suitable for absorbing more nutrients from the soil.	Mūthemba ūyū nī mūraihu ūndū ūrīa ūtūmaga ūhote kūrīa irio nyingī kuuma tīīrī-inī kwa wīingī.
Chemical control - This entails the use of recommended Copper- based fungicides.	Kūgitīra na njīra ya dawa- kūhūthīra dawa jītīkīrīku īrī na mūtūkanio wa copper
Protect bench terraces by planting grasses e.g. Blue grass (Paspulum notatum) on the bench faces	Gitīra beji na njīra ya kūhanda nyeki ta mūthemba wa Blue grass (Paspulum notatum) mīthia-inī.
Remove the branches at the bottom of the trunk.	Ruta honge iria irī gītina-inī.
Coffee Plants can grow several feet tall at their fullest height, so regular fertilizing and repotting can help your Coffee Plant manage healthy growth!	Mītī ya kahūa no īraihe fiti nyingīna igūrū, kwoguo gwīkīra bataraitha kaingīna kūmīthamia o ūria īrakura nogūteithie gūkūria kahūa kega!
Mode of action: pyrethroid with contact and residual activity.	Irutaga wīra na pyrethroid na njīra ya kūhutania.
The SL 28 cultivar was selected at the former Scott Laboratories (now the National Agricultural Laboratories, NARL situated at Kabete) on a single tree basis from the Tanganyika Drought Resistant variety selected in Northern Tanzania in 1931.	SL 28 yacagūrirwo kuuma mūgūnda-inī wa Scott Laboratories īrīa rīū niyo National Agricultural Laboratories, NARL Kabete na waciarithanirio kuuma kūrī mūthemba ūngī warutītwo Tanzania ya rūgongo mwaka-inī wa 1931 ūrīa ūrī ūhoti wa gūītiria wagi wa maaī.
cutting off and burning infected twigs and branches, frequent de-suckering and avoiding transportation of seedlings from Bacterial Blight prone areas.	Gūtema na gūcina mahuti na honge ciothe ndwaru, kweheria thuna kaingī na gwīthema gūkua mīūngūrwa kuuma kūndū kūria kūgūmīirwo nī mūrimū wa Bacterial Blight.
The irrigation requirement of coffee is very high; around 101 m3 water per īka per season.	Kahūa kabataraga maaī maingī mūno kuuma gīthimi kia 101m³ harī īka o kīmera.
What is the best way to grow coffee?	Nī njīra īrīkū njega makīria ya gūkūria kahūa?
What is the best fertilizer for coffee flowering?	Nī bataraitha īrīkū yagīrīire rīrīa kahūa karuta kīro?
Ruiru 11 can also be grown in all coffee growing areas	Ruiru 11 nī mūthemba ūngīkūra wega kūndū o guothe kūhandagwo kahūa
Apply with a brush at the base of the stem (1 foot from the base) a 15 cm wide band of a deltamethrin based product such as Decis 2.5 EC, Atom 2.5EC etc at the rate of 10- 15mls/20L of water mixed with 15 gms of Methylene blue which acts as a marker	Haka dawa īna Deltamethrin na kaburaci gītina-inī gīa kahūa futi imwe kuuma tīīri-inī ūthiūrūkītie mūtī na warie wa sentimita 15. Dawa ici nī ta Decis 2.5EC, na Atom 2.5EC na iringītio na gīthimi kīa milimita 10 nginya 15 hari lita mīrongo īrī cia maaī na ītukanio na Methylene Blue ya kuonania harīa hahake dawa.
How to manage Leaf Rust in coffee?	Ingīgīrīrīria atīa kūhīa kwa mathangū kana leaf rust ya kahūa?
What is the difference between Ruiru 11 and Batian?	Ngūrani ya Ruiru 11 na Batian nī īrīkū?
Uproot and burn all infected trees having die bark from Collar rot.	Munya na ūcīne mītī yothe īrīa īna mūrimū ūyū.
One and half year apply 100g of CAN. At two years, apply NPK at 125g per tree.	Mīaka īrī na nuthu yathira, īkīra grams igana rīmwe cia CAN. Ningī thutha wa mīaka īrī, īkīra grams 125 cia NPK harī o mūtī.
The yield per tree depends on the variety, ecological factors, agronomic practices among others.	Gūciara gwa kahūa kūringanaga na mūthemba wa kahūa ,rīera rīa itūra, mūtungatīre, gatagatī ka mangī maingī.
Different varieties require different spacings.	Mīthemba ngūrani ya kahūa īhandagwo na ithimo ngūrani
How to prepare land for planting coffee?	Mūgūnda wa kūhanda kahūa ūharagīrīo atia?
Coffee seeds are generally planted in large beds in shaded nurseries.	Mbegū cia kahūa ciambaga kūhandwo tuta-inī nene na ikagitīrwo kuumana na riūa.
Cut away all the small branches that grow on the trunk. Cut away all the small branches that grow on the trunk. Cut away all the dead and dry branches, and all diseased branches. Cut away suckers; they are not needed.	Tinia iria njeke na nini. Ruta honge iria nguo, iria ciumīte na iria ndwaru. Ruta thuna ciothe tondū itirī na bata.
They must be put in sacks as they come from the drying tables. Place bags on wooden battens 15 cm above the ground or concrete floor and away from walls.	Kahūa gakīrutūo mīnanda-inī karīkia kūūma, gekīrwo makūnia-inī namo macoke maigīrīrwo igūrū ria mbaū, sentimita 15 kuuma floo-inī na matikahutanie na thingo.
Where is Robusta coffee grown in Kenya?	Kahūa mūthemba wa Robusta ūkūragio kū kenya?
The fruit is initially green and turns red when it is ready for harvesting.	Itunda rīa kahūa mbere rīkoragwo rīrī rīa rangi wa ngirini na nīrīcokaga rīkagarūra rangi ūgatūīka mūtune, rīkonania nīikinyu rīa kūgethwo.
Ruiru 11 variety was released in 1985. The variety name has the prefix “Ruiru” referring to the location of the Kenyan Coffee Research Station where the variety was developed.	Ruiru 11 yarekereirio mwaka-inī wa 1985, na wetanītio na kūrīa wathundūrīirwo, Kenya Coffee Research Station.
While spraying the insecticides, it is advisable to mix it with INTEGRA 3ml/20l, which improves the efficacy of the chemical.	Rīrīa ūkūhuhīra dawa, nī wega gūtukania na INTEGRA gwa ithimi cia milimita ithatū lita-inī mīrongo īrī cia maaī tondū nī ītūmaga dawa īrute wīra wega makīria.
What to intercrop coffee with?	Kahūa kangīhandanīrio na mīmera īrīkū īngī?
In case the infection is severe (20% of leaves have rust), it is necessary to use a systemic fungicide such as Alto or Bayleton.	Kungīkinyīrīra atī mathangū nīmacurīte mūno, noūhūthīre dawa cia mūhianīre ya fungicide ta Alto na Bayleton iria irutaga wīra wega makīria.
• A single spray after hailstorm to protect fresh wounds from infections is necessary.	Hūra ihūūra rīmwe kūngiura mbura ya mbembe nīguo kūgitīra mītī kūgīa ironda.
How to plant coffee seedlings?	Mīūngūrwa ya kahūa yagīrīire kūhandwo atīa?
Do coffee berries mature at once?	Mbegū cia kahūa nīikūranagīra hamwe?
The sorted out berries are then ready for processing.	Mbegū iria njega tu nīcio ithiaga nambere gūthondekwo.
It's known as SL since it was selected in former Scott Laboratories- Now Kabete,Kenya.	Mūthemba ūyū wītagwo SL kuumana na kīhumo kīagwo kīrīa nī Scott Laboratories, īrīa ūmūthī yūīkaine ta Kabete Kenya.
Coffee plants can be pruned in the early stages of growth by cutting back the growing tip to encourage lateral branching, this will promote more flowers and fruits.	kahūa no gūcehwo karīo kanini na njīra ya gūkarenga kīongo nīgūo honge cia mwena ciitīkīre gūkūra na ihote kūruta mahūa na matunda maingī.
In areas following the multiple cropping system such as Cavite and other provinces, it is recommended to apply 200-100-200 per hectare plus the needed micronutrients depending on soil analysis	Icigo-inī iria irūmagīrīra mītaratara ya gūtūkania mīmera nī ta Cavite na icigo ingī, yagīrīirwo gwīkīrwo ūū o harī hectare:200-100- 200 na kuongererwo micronutrients iria irendeka kūringana na ithimi cia tīīri.
Ruiru 11 is suited to all coffee growing zones in Kenya at a spacing of 6ft by 6ft.	Ruiru 11 nī mūthemba ūkūraga kūndū guothe kahūa gakūragio na itina itaganagio na fiti ithathatū gwa ithathatū.
What to consider when selecting a site for coffee planting?	Wagīrīirwo nīkūrora maūndū marīkū ūgīthura mūgūnda wa kūhanda kahūa?
Cut off the top of the tree so that the coffee tree is not taller than 1.5 to 2 metres.	ceha kahūa gaku mūtwe nīguo gatigakīrie ūraihu wa mita imwe na nuthu nginya mita igīrī.

Coffee can be vegetatively propagated either by grafting, stem-cutting or seed

Kahūa no gaciarithanio na njīra ya kūhūthīra irūngo, kuohithania, kana ona mbegū

It is therefore important to balance the cations in the soil at this stage.

Nīūndū ūcio, nīūndū wa bata kūiganania cations thīinī wa tīīri ihinda-inī rīrī.

Mature plants can be cut back quite hard every three years to manage size and encourage lateral growth.

Mītī mīkūrū noicehagwo o thutha wa mīaka ītatū nīguo kūgiria īnenehe mūno na honge ingī njerū ciūre.

Leave 3 metres between trees. In this way you can plant about 1 000 coffee trees per hectare.

Tiga ūtaganu wa mita ithatū kuuma gītina gia kahūa nginya kīria kīngī. Kwa njīra ino,no ūhande itina ngiri īmwe harī hectare īmwe ya mūgūnda.

Proper application of mulch (6” from the stump) to avoid Collar rot.

Ara mūceng'i wega inji 6'' nīguo ūgirie kūbutha kwa mūtī kuuma harīa mīri yambīrīirie.

Products containing malathion are slightly hazardous (WHO toxicity class III).

Kūringana na WHO, dawa īrī na Malathion, nīirī thumu ūtarī mūrūrū mūno(WHO toxicity class IIII).

Practising rotations and intercropping to reduce pest population, Maintenance of field sanitation, Proper weed control

Kūgarūrira mīmera īria īrahandwo kahūa-inī nīkūnyihagia wūingī wa tūtambi hamwe na gūtheria mūgūnda na kūrīmīra kahūa.

The process of harvesting coffee beans is an important part of the coffee production process and has a major impact on the quality of the final product.

Njīra īrīa kahūa kagethagwo nayo nī yabata mūno nīūndū nīyo ītūmaga kahūa kagīe mūcamo mwega kana kaage karīkia gūthīo

Calcium – enhances formation and growth of terminal buds/flower.

Calcium iteithagia mīthondekere ya ihūa rīa kahūa.

Harden seedlings by gradually reducing the shade.

Ehereria kīruru kahorakahora nīgūo komīrīrie.

Currently, there are 8 Kenyan coffee bean grades: E, PB, AA, AB, C, TT, T, and MH/ML.

kwa ihinda rīrī, Kenya kwīna irathi inyanya cia kahūa na nīcio; E, PB, AA, AB, C, TT, T, na MH/ML.

The tap root goes straight down into the soil.

Mīri īno ya itimū īmeraga irūngarīte na gwūikūrūka haraya thīinī wa tīīri.

When the seedlings are three months old, the first two leaves are well developed.

Thutha wa mīeri itatū, mathangū meerī ma mbere magakorwo methondekete wega.

The topography of certain regions means machine harvesting is not always possible owing to the steep terrain.

Ningī mīgūnda īngī nī mīinamu mūno ūndū macini itangīhūthīka.

When coffee seedling moved to the nursery?

Mīūngūrwa ya kahūa īrutagwo natharī-inī rī?

Use soapy water or oils only during non-hot and non-sunny periods to prevent discolouration of leaves. Prior to applying them extensively, apply to a branch and after 48 hours check for adverse reactions of the coffee plant

Maaī marī thabuni na maguta ihūthīrwo rīria gūtarī ūrugarī mūīngī kana rīua ihiū nīūndū mathangū nomagarūrūke rangi wamo. Mathaa 48 mbere ya kūhaka mathangū, honge ciambīrīre.

1380-2000 trees per īka depending on the arabica variety; in the case of Robusta, plant between 253-675 trees per īka

Itina ngiri īmwe na magana matatū ma mīrongo īnana nginya ngiri igīrī cia mūthemba wa Arabica kana itina magana meerī ma mīrongo ītano na ithatū nginya magana matandatū ma mīrongo mūgwanja na ithano cia mūthemba wa Robusta.

When does intercropping starts?

Kahūa kangīambīrīria kūhandanīrio na mīmera īngī rī?

Potassium promotes vigor, boosts cell strength and increases the coffee tree`s tolerance to diseases, and water or frost stress.

Potassium ītūmaga mūmera ūgīe na hinya na gūtūma cells īgīe hinya wa gwītiria mīrimū, gūtangīka rīrīa maaī manyiha kana ona mbaa yaingīha.

Store for a minimum of 4 weeks and a maximum of 6 months. After that beans become woody. A relative humidity in the store of 60% at 20deg celcius is suitable.

Kahūa rīu no kaigīke kwa ihinda rīa wiki inya nginya mīeri ītandatū. Thutha ucio nīkomaga mūno. ūgunyu wa 60% na ūrūgarī wa 20 degrees nīcio itthimi iria ciagīrīire.

Coffee can be grown on many different soil types, but the ideal is a fertile, volcanic red earth or a deep, sandy loam.

Kahūa nogakūre tīīri-inī ūtiganīte no ūrīa mwega mūno nī tīīri ūrīa wīna ūnoru, mūtune kana volcanic red soil, na sandy-loam.

How long does the coffee seedlings stay in a nursery?

Mīūgūrwa ya kahūa īikaraga natharī-inī ihinda rīigana atīa?

However Ruiru 11 is a high yielder, has best population per unit, high disease tolerance but with poor rooting system, it is suited to all coffee growing zones in Kenya .

Ona Kūrī ūguo,mūthemba wa Ruiru 11 nīūciaraga mūno, ūhandagwo itina nyingī harī īka, nīūhotaga gwītiria mīrimū noo mīri ndītheremaga ūrīa kwagīrīire. Ruiru 11 nīihandagwo matūra mothe kūria kahūa kahandagwo.

Which is the best type of soil to plant coffee?

Nī tīīri ūrīkū mwega wa kūhanda kahūa?

The lower quality and reduced yield can result in lower income for the farmers, impacting their livelihoods and the economic sustainability of coffee production in a region.

Gīkīro gīathī gīa kahūa na ūnyihu wa magetha kūhotomagia ūtūūro wa mūrīmi na mīrīmīre ya kahūa īkaritūha.

Use implements like the half-moon jembe to weed in between the rows.

Huthīra icembe rīrīa ūkūrima gatagatī ka mīkaro.

Establish nurseries in pollution free environments.

Thondeka natharī haraihu na kīndū ogīothe kīngīthūkia.

Nitrogen is essential for strong vegetative growth and to maintain good strong cherry fill for high yields.

Nitrogen nīyabata mūno harī gwīkīra mathangū, na kuiga mītī īrī na hinya na mbegū ciiyūirie nīguo magetha maingīhe.

SL 34 suitable for high altitude area;SL 28 at a spacing of 9ft by 9ft suitable for medium to high altitude area, has good rooting system, high yielder but susceptible to diseases.

SL 34 īrīa īhandagūo kūndū kūrīa kūrī irīma; SL 28 īhandagūo na ūtaganu wa fiti kenda gwa kenda na yagīrīire kūhandwo kūndū kūrīa kūrī irīma, īkoragwo na mīri mīega, īgīaga na magetha maingī no nīinyitagwo nī mīrimū raithi.

Robusta coffee is currently grown in 5 counties (Kisumu, Homabay, Siaya, Bungoma and Busia) with a potential of expansion to Kilifi and Kwale counties in the coastal region.

kahūa mūthemba wa Robusta ūkūragio thīinī wa county ithano iria nī Kisumu,Homabay, Siaya, Bungoma na Busia.Kwīna ūhotekū wa mūthemba ūyū wa kahūa ūkorwo ūgīkūrio Kilifi na Kwale gīchūa-inī.

What is the recommended spacing SL 34, SL 28, and K7 coffee seedlings varieties?

Kahūa mīthemba ya SL34, SL28 na K7 yaragīrīirwo gūtigithūkanio atīa īkīhandwo?

The prefix SL in the variety name are acronymous for Scott Laboratories where the variety was selected. The name is completed by a serial number (28) for the selection. The variety is suited for medium to high altitude coffee growing zones.

SL nī ndemwa cia mbere cia Scott Laboratories na 28 nī namba ya kīrathi kia mūthemba ūyū. SL28 īkūraga wega kūndū kwaraganu ona kūrī irīma kūrīa kahūa gakūragio.

How to increase coffee berry weight?

Mbegū cia kahūa ingīongererwo ūritū atīa?

Cut back the affected plants and graft gradually using resistant varieties like Ruiru 11 or Batian

Ceha honge iria ndwaru na ūciarithie ingī ūgītūmīra mīthemba īrīa īhotaga gwītiria mīrimū ta Ruiru 11 kana Batiani.

The disease is caused by a fungus living in the soil and dead infected plant materials.

Mūrimū ūyū ūrehagwo nī fungus iria cikaraga tīīri-inī ona mīmera-inī īrīa mīrwarū kana mīūmū

When you remove the coffee tree seedlings from the nursery bed in order to plant them in the plantation, be very careful not to break the roots.

Ūgīthamia mīūngūrwa kuuma natharī-inī ūgītwara mūgūnda menyerera kuunanga mīri.

Coffee Berry Disease or nutrients deficiency.

Igūaga nīūndū wa kūrwara kana kwaga irio ciakūigana

Pluck off diseased berries, collect in a container and destroy by burning or burying

Eheria mbegū iria ndwaru, ūciīkīre handu hamwe, ūcithike kana ūcicine.

Since Urea is highly Nitrogen-concentrated, it should be used in combination with earth or sand before its application.

Nīgūkorwo urea īkoragwo na Nitrogen nyingī makīrīa, yagīrīire gūtukanio na tīīri kana mūthanga ītanekīrwo mūmera-inī.

What is the best fungicide for coffee berry disease?

Dawa njega ya kūrūa na mīrimū ya mbegū cia kahūa nī īrīku?

It's also compact. therefore, more stems can be accommodated per unit area.

Itina cia kahūa gaka onacio nīitumanagio rīrīa ikūhandwo.

What is the recommended spacing of Ruiru 11 coffee seedlings?

kahūa ka Ruiru 11 kagīrīirwo kūhandwo na ūtaganu wūigana atīa?

Coffee is harvested by hand by one of two ways, i.e., strip picking or selective picking.

Kahūa kagethwo na moko, no ūbure mītī kana ūthure karia keeru gatheri

Prepare the land well in advance, digging out all tree stumps, roots, bushes and grasses.

Harīria mūgūnda wega tene, ūkīmunyaga ithukī, mīīri, mahuti ona nyeki.

How to control Coffee Berry Disease on coffee?

Hihi īngīrūa atīa na mīrīmū ya mbegū cia kahūa?

Coffee mealybug: This is a tiny, sap-sucking insect that feeds on the leaves and stems of the coffee tree.

Coffee Mealybug: Gaka nī gatambi kanini kanyuaga maaī kuuma mathangū-inī na itina-inī cia mītī ya kahūa.

Temperatures range from 15 to 24 degrees and average rainfall ranges from 900–1200mm.

Ūrugarī wa gatagatī-inī ka digirii 15 na 24 na mbura ītarī nene mūno ya gatagatī-inī ka ithimo cia milimita 900 nginya 1200.

Why is coffee grown at high altitudes better?

Nīkīī gītūmaga kahūa gakūrīirio irīma-inī kagīe mūcamo mwega?

Processing process: After being harvested, coffee beans often need to go through processing steps such as peeling, drying, or cooking to remove the skin and coffee beans and create a high-quality product.

Gūthīa kahūa: thutha wa kūgetha, kahūa kahītūkagira makinya ta gūkonyora, kūūmithia kana gūcina niguo kagie mūcamo mwega.

Suitable intercrops include short leguminous crops such as beans, tomatoes and Irish potatoes.

mīmera īrīa mīega ya kuhandanīria na kahūa nī īrīa yoyaga kahinda kanini gūkūra ta mboco, nyanya na waru cia ngwacī .

Timing is critical for the control of leaf rust and the sprays should be applied before the commencement and during the early period of the rainy season.

Ihinda ria kūhūhīra nī riabata na kuogwo dawa yagīrīirwo kūhuhīrwo mbere ya mbura kūringa kana kīambīrīria-inī yaringa.

How do I raise coffee nursery?

Ingīhota atīa gūtungata natharī ya kahūa?

Setting baited traps in the pruned fields

Kūiga mītego thīinī wa kahūa gacehe.

The name is completed by an additional two code numbers, 11.

Rītwa rīrī rīrūmīrīirwo nī namba ikūmi na īmwe.

The mite can cause the leaves to become yellow and deformed, reducing the tree’s ability to photosynthesize.

Mbūmbūī īno ītūmaga mathangū matuīke ma rangi wa ngoikoni na magīe na mūhianīre ūngī, ūguo kūnyihia ūhoti wa mūtī gwīthondekera irio.

The strain has a long stem which is suitable for absorbing more nutrients from the soil.

Mūthemba ūyū nī mūraihu ūndū ūrīa ūtūmaga ūhote kūrīa irio nyingī kuuma tīīrī-inī kwa wīingī.

Chemical control - This entails the use of recommended Copper- based fungicides.

Kūgitīra na njīra ya dawa- kūhūthīra dawa jītīkīrīku īrī na mūtūkanio wa copper

Protect bench terraces by planting grasses e.g. Blue grass (Paspulum notatum) on the bench faces

Gitīra beji na njīra ya kūhanda nyeki ta mūthemba wa Blue grass (Paspulum notatum) mīthia-inī.

Remove the branches at the bottom of the trunk.

Ruta honge iria irī gītina-inī.

Coffee Plants can grow several feet tall at their fullest height, so regular fertilizing and repotting can help your Coffee Plant manage healthy growth!

Mītī ya kahūa no īraihe fiti nyingīna igūrū, kwoguo gwīkīra bataraitha kaingīna kūmīthamia o ūria īrakura nogūteithie gūkūria kahūa kega!

Mode of action: pyrethroid with contact and residual activity.

Irutaga wīra na pyrethroid na njīra ya kūhutania.

The SL 28 cultivar was selected at the former Scott Laboratories (now the National Agricultural Laboratories, NARL situated at Kabete) on a single tree basis from the Tanganyika Drought Resistant variety selected in Northern Tanzania in 1931.

SL 28 yacagūrirwo kuuma mūgūnda-inī wa Scott Laboratories īrīa rīū niyo National Agricultural Laboratories, NARL Kabete na waciarithanirio kuuma kūrī mūthemba ūngī warutītwo Tanzania ya rūgongo mwaka-inī wa 1931 ūrīa ūrī ūhoti wa gūītiria wagi wa maaī.

cutting off and burning infected twigs and branches, frequent de-suckering and avoiding transportation of seedlings from Bacterial Blight prone areas.

Gūtema na gūcina mahuti na honge ciothe ndwaru, kweheria thuna kaingī na gwīthema gūkua mīūngūrwa kuuma kūndū kūria kūgūmīirwo nī mūrimū wa Bacterial Blight.

The irrigation requirement of coffee is very high; around 101 m3 water per īka per season.

Kahūa kabataraga maaī maingī mūno kuuma gīthimi kia 101m³ harī īka o kīmera.

What is the best way to grow coffee?

Nī njīra īrīkū njega makīria ya gūkūria kahūa?

What is the best fertilizer for coffee flowering?

Nī bataraitha īrīkū yagīrīire rīrīa kahūa karuta kīro?

Ruiru 11 can also be grown in all coffee growing areas

Ruiru 11 nī mūthemba ūngīkūra wega kūndū o guothe kūhandagwo kahūa

Apply with a brush at the base of the stem (1 foot from the base) a 15 cm wide band of a deltamethrin based product such as Decis 2.5 EC, Atom 2.5EC etc at the rate of 10- 15mls/20L of water mixed with 15 gms of Methylene blue which acts as a marker

Haka dawa īna Deltamethrin na kaburaci gītina-inī gīa kahūa futi imwe kuuma tīīri-inī ūthiūrūkītie mūtī na warie wa sentimita 15. Dawa ici nī ta Decis 2.5EC, na Atom 2.5EC na iringītio na gīthimi kīa milimita 10 nginya 15 hari lita mīrongo īrī cia maaī na ītukanio na Methylene Blue ya kuonania harīa hahake dawa.

How to manage Leaf Rust in coffee?

Ingīgīrīrīria atīa kūhīa kwa mathangū kana leaf rust ya kahūa?

What is the difference between Ruiru 11 and Batian?

Ngūrani ya Ruiru 11 na Batian nī īrīkū?

Uproot and burn all infected trees having die bark from Collar rot.

Munya na ūcīne mītī yothe īrīa īna mūrimū ūyū.

One and half year apply 100g of CAN. At two years, apply NPK at 125g per tree.

Mīaka īrī na nuthu yathira, īkīra grams igana rīmwe cia CAN. Ningī thutha wa mīaka īrī, īkīra grams 125 cia NPK harī o mūtī.

The yield per tree depends on the variety, ecological factors, agronomic practices among others.

Gūciara gwa kahūa kūringanaga na mūthemba wa kahūa ,rīera rīa itūra, mūtungatīre, gatagatī ka mangī maingī.

Different varieties require different spacings.

Mīthemba ngūrani ya kahūa īhandagwo na ithimo ngūrani

How to prepare land for planting coffee?

Mūgūnda wa kūhanda kahūa ūharagīrīo atia?

Coffee seeds are generally planted in large beds in shaded nurseries.

Mbegū cia kahūa ciambaga kūhandwo tuta-inī nene na ikagitīrwo kuumana na riūa.

Cut away all the small branches that grow on the trunk. Cut away all the small branches that grow on the trunk. Cut away all the dead and dry branches, and all diseased branches. Cut away suckers; they are not needed.

Tinia iria njeke na nini. Ruta honge iria nguo, iria ciumīte na iria ndwaru. Ruta thuna ciothe tondū itirī na bata.

They must be put in sacks as they come from the drying tables. Place bags on wooden battens 15 cm above the ground or concrete floor and away from walls.

Kahūa gakīrutūo mīnanda-inī karīkia kūūma, gekīrwo makūnia-inī namo macoke maigīrīrwo igūrū ria mbaū, sentimita 15 kuuma floo-inī na matikahutanie na thingo.

Where is Robusta coffee grown in Kenya?

Kahūa mūthemba wa Robusta ūkūragio kū kenya?

The fruit is initially green and turns red when it is ready for harvesting.

Itunda rīa kahūa mbere rīkoragwo rīrī rīa rangi wa ngirini na nīrīcokaga rīkagarūra rangi ūgatūīka mūtune, rīkonania nīikinyu rīa kūgethwo.

Ruiru 11 variety was released in 1985. The variety name has the prefix “Ruiru” referring to the location of the Kenyan Coffee Research Station where the variety was developed.

Ruiru 11 yarekereirio mwaka-inī wa 1985, na wetanītio na kūrīa wathundūrīirwo, Kenya Coffee Research Station.

While spraying the insecticides, it is advisable to mix it with INTEGRA 3ml/20l, which improves the efficacy of the chemical.

Rīrīa ūkūhuhīra dawa, nī wega gūtukania na INTEGRA gwa ithimi cia milimita ithatū lita-inī mīrongo īrī cia maaī tondū nī ītūmaga dawa īrute wīra wega makīria.

What to intercrop coffee with?

Kahūa kangīhandanīrio na mīmera īrīkū īngī?

In case the infection is severe (20% of leaves have rust), it is necessary to use a systemic fungicide such as Alto or Bayleton.

Kungīkinyīrīra atī mathangū nīmacurīte mūno, noūhūthīre dawa cia mūhianīre ya fungicide ta Alto na Bayleton iria irutaga wīra wega makīria.

• A single spray after hailstorm to protect fresh wounds from infections is necessary.

Hūra ihūūra rīmwe kūngiura mbura ya mbembe nīguo kūgitīra mītī kūgīa ironda.

How to plant coffee seedlings?

Mīūngūrwa ya kahūa yagīrīire kūhandwo atīa?

Do coffee berries mature at once?

Mbegū cia kahūa nīikūranagīra hamwe?

The sorted out berries are then ready for processing.

Mbegū iria njega tu nīcio ithiaga nambere gūthondekwo.

It's known as SL since it was selected in former Scott Laboratories- Now Kabete,Kenya.

Mūthemba ūyū wītagwo SL kuumana na kīhumo kīagwo kīrīa nī Scott Laboratories, īrīa ūmūthī yūīkaine ta Kabete Kenya.

Coffee plants can be pruned in the early stages of growth by cutting back the growing tip to encourage lateral branching, this will promote more flowers and fruits.

kahūa no gūcehwo karīo kanini na njīra ya gūkarenga kīongo nīgūo honge cia mwena ciitīkīre gūkūra na ihote kūruta mahūa na matunda maingī.

In areas following the multiple cropping system such as Cavite and other provinces, it is recommended to apply 200-100-200 per hectare plus the needed micronutrients depending on soil analysis

Icigo-inī iria irūmagīrīra mītaratara ya gūtūkania mīmera nī ta Cavite na icigo ingī, yagīrīirwo gwīkīrwo ūū o harī hectare:200-100- 200 na kuongererwo micronutrients iria irendeka kūringana na ithimi cia tīīri.

Ruiru 11 is suited to all coffee growing zones in Kenya at a spacing of 6ft by 6ft.

Ruiru 11 nī mūthemba ūkūraga kūndū guothe kahūa gakūragio na itina itaganagio na fiti ithathatū gwa ithathatū.

What to consider when selecting a site for coffee planting?

Wagīrīirwo nīkūrora maūndū marīkū ūgīthura mūgūnda wa kūhanda kahūa?

Cut off the top of the tree so that the coffee tree is not taller than 1.5 to 2 metres.

ceha kahūa gaku mūtwe nīguo gatigakīrie ūraihu wa mita imwe na nuthu nginya mita igīrī.