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Why key tea sector reforms offer big hope to small-scale farmers

Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) CEO Wilson Muthaura. [File, Standard]

Small-scale tea farming in Kenya accounts for about 65 per cent of the total tea production in the country with the rest being produced by multinationals.

Over the years, Kenya's tea sector continues to be a major foreign exchange earner for the nation as well as a catalyst for the growth of rural economies.

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