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In which ways does The Kenya Tea Development Agency(KTDA) assist small scale tea farmers in Kenya?

      

Discuss ways in which The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) assists small scale tea farmers in Kenya.

  

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Maurice
(i) The agency undertakes the marketing of tea on behalf of the farmers and improves feeder roads to improve the transport of green leaves.

(ii) It collects the green tea on behalf of the farmers and establishes factories where the green tea leaves are processed.

(iii) It conducts research on disease/ pests for in order to ensure higher yields.

(iv) It establishes tea nurseries from where tea farmers buy tea seedlings.

(v) The agency organizes farmers' education days.

(vi) It provides credit facilities to the farmers to enable them purchase farm inputs.

(vii) It also buys farm inputs in bulk and sells to the farmers at low prices.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 13, 2017 at 11:35


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