Posted 2/11/2024, 5:32:20 AM
Gachagua Pushes Tea Reforms to Increase Small-Scale Farmer Earnings
- Gachagua to meet KTDA to push for increasing tea earnings for small-scale farmers to match rising Dollar
- KTDA sells tea in USD, so farmers' earnings should reflect currency exchange rate fluctuations
- Gachagua appealed to Judiciary to expedite determination of 2020 legal dispute hampering tea reforms
- Reforms aimed at weeding out cartels to enable farmers earn more, will continue despite resistance
- Coffee subsector reforms also underway to streamline value chain and improve farmers' income
