tea farming

War to deny Kenya Sh7b tea market

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tea prices dipped 6.5 per cent at the Mombasa auction this week as traders continued to reduce exports to Russia […]

KTDA dispute widens as different boards emerge

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lewis Njoka @LewisNjoka Leadership wrangles at the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has deepened with two separate boards of directors […]

Tea farmers hopeful despite prices falling to 12-year low

Reading Time: 3 minutes Lewis Njoka @LewisNjoka Tea farmers in the country are banking on a bumper harvest of green leaf and a better […]

The new tea regulations are okay, lobbyists say

Reading Time: 3 minutes Tea sector reforms lobbyists Kenya Tea Lobby Group have welcomed the new tea regulations unveiled by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) […]

Why Agriculture CS should wind up exploitative KTDA

Reading Time: 3 minutes The new tea regulations published by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya represent one of the most far-reaching reform measures ever […]

Volume of tea sold declines on back of spread of Covid-19

Reading Time: < 1 minute EXPORTS: Depressed demand following disruptions and restrictions of movement due to Covid-19 led to low demand for Kenyan tea in […]

Tea regulations elicit mixed reactions from stakeholders

Reading Time: 3 minutes The government’s new measures, meant to reform the tea industry, have elicited mixed reactions from the sector’s stakeholders. Intended to […]

Tea farming still viable despite sector woes

Reading Time: 4 minutes Although the crop’s prices have been discouraging over the last few years, growers in the North Rift have vowed to […]

National Assembly lobby to establish a tea reserve fund

Reading Time: < 1 minute Two members of the National Assembly want the government to establish a reserve fund to cushion tea farmers against poor […]

Anger spreads in tea sector as farmers protest poor bonuses

Reading Time: 4 minutes Rawlings Otini The significant drop of tea prices and bonuses to a 10-year low this year is causing an outcry […]