Tea farmers push for one industry regulator

Tea farmers pluck their tea leaves at Tetu in Nyeri County on June 6,2017.Tea farmers are slowly recovering from prolonged dry spell that hit the region since last year. Tea crop is one of the most stable crop in the country and remains as the country's top foreign exchange earner .Photo:Kibata Kihu/standard

Tea farmers are pushing for an independent body to issue minimal standards for producing and exporting Kenya’s leading foreign exchange earner.

Through the Kenya Tea Growers Association (KTGA), the farmers are asking the government to merge all the bodies responsible for formulating production and marketing standards across the country.