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Taskforce recommends use of machines, workers in tea farms

A tea harvesting machine. [Nikko Tanui, Standard]

A taskforce on multinationals and other tea sub-sector stakeholders has recommended a ratio of 60:40 machine harvesting to hand plucking.

The taskforce was formed by Governor Erick Mutai in October 2022. A taskforce report released last week said technology in the tea industry won't be wholly wished away and called on the Kericho county government to negotiate with the large-scale tea producers and other tea sub-sector with a view to achieving a win-win situation.

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