Green Leaf Tea Case Study

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Small-holder tea growers from Giasaiga Sub-location in Sameta sub-County have been warned against hawking their green leaf tea to multi-national companies,since the move threatens to ground operations of the Kenya Tea Development Agency(KTDA) run tea factories in the area.

Nyakegogi NC46 Buying Centre,contracted to Nyamache Tea Factory ,Chairman Nyabuto Keengu has raised a red flag that,if the current trend where KTDA registered growers hawk their green leaf tea continues,it will preside over grounding of operations of KTDA factories in the region.

Speaking to this writer on Tuesday morning at Iyabe-Nyakegogi shopping centre,Keengu regretted that, a section of small-holder tea growers contracted to various tea factories in Kisii County have …show more content…

He tipped small-holder tea grower s inthe area that, delivering their green leaf tea to the factories where they were registered as members and shareholders had several benefits accruing from the same,including guaranteed end year tea bonus payments which she regretted were not offered by the multi-national tea buying companies.

"As an experienced tea farmer, Iam reminding small-holder tea growers from the Gusii region to weigh the net benefits between delivering their green leaf tea to their factories where they are registered as growers and the multi-national tea companies where they have no formal tea business agreement.This will help them make the right decisions concerning their investment in the tea sub-sector"states

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