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Tea is a major cash crop that is grown in Kenya.Kenyan tea has been the leading major foreign exchange earner for the country. Most tea produced in Kenya is black tea, with green tea, yellow tea, white tea, and purple tea (a product whose leaves are naturally so colored by inherent anthocyanins) [1] produced on order by major tea producers.
The tea industry [2] in Kenya is broken down broadly into policy, production, regulatory & research and trade & promotions. The main players are the Government of Kenya through the Ministry of Agriculture, Tea Board of Kenya, [3] Tea Research Foundation [4] Kenya Tea Development Agency (Holdings) Limited, [5] Kenya Tea Growers Association, Nyayo Tea Zone Development Corporation [6] and East ...
Farming is the most important economic sector in Kenya, [4] although less than 8 percent of the land is used for crop and feed production, and less than 20 percent is suitable for cultivation. Kenya is a leading producer of tea [ 5 ] and coffee, [ 6 ] as well as the third-leading exporter of fresh produce, such as cabbages, onions and mangoes.
A multinational tea company based in Kenya has suspended operations after tea plucking and harvesting machines were burned by protesters citing massive job losses because of mechanization. The ...
Limuru tea farming. The Limuru Tea Plc is a Kenyan company that is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and engages in the growing of green leaf tea. The Company owns 282 hectares of tea land situated four kilometers to the east of Limuru Town. [3] The Limuru Tea Plc is an out-grower to ekaterra Tea Kenya PLC (eTK), formally Unilever Tea Kenya ...
Location of Kericho, Kenya (old provinces pictured) Tea country surrounding Kericho. Kericho is the largest town in Kericho County, located in the highlands west of the Kenyan Rift Valley. Positioned on the edge of the Mau Forest, Kericho benefits from a warm and temperate climate, making it good for agriculture, especially large scale tea ...
Flower production Tea farm, Kericho County. Kenya produced in 2018: 5.2 million tons of sugarcane; 4 million tons of maize; 1.8 million tons of potato; 1.4 million tons of banana; 946 thousand tons of cassava; 871 thousand tons of sweet potato; 775 thousand tons of mango (including mangosteen and guava); 765 thousand tons of beans; 599 thousand ...
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