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Tea farmers stare at low yield after fertiliser cut

Horera Tea Company founder Robert Murimi picks purple tea at his farm in Ragati, Mathira West, Nyeri County, last year. [File, Standard]

Smallholder tea production could decline substantially in the next one year as many farmers will not be applying top dressing fertiliser after annual bulk procurement was cancelled.

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