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Purple tea farmers eye value addition industry

A group of farmers have registered a company to promote the growing, processing, and marketing specialty tea. Chai Imara Purple Tea Limited aims to promote the purple variety. According to the group, ...

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Tea production up 17pc in five months on favourable weather

Tea production in the first five months of the year rose 17 per cent compared with corresponding period last year, with the oversupply hitting growers’ earnings. Data from the Tea Directorate indica...

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Strict new rules cut Kenyan tea sales to Pakistan by half

Kenya’s tea exports to top buyer Pakistan dropped by half or Sh3.7 billion in January compared to the same month last year as stringent rules on aflatoxin tests depressed sales. Data from the Tea Di...

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