Tea farmers to earn more as agency announces monthly pay adjustmentSmall-scale tea farmers will next month get an additional Sh1 more for their produce as monthly pay, Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has announced.Agency Chairman Peter Kanyago said the increased pay would take effect from April raising the monthly payments from Sh15 to Sh16. Farmers have been pressing for increased pay but the small adjustment may not see many smiling all the way to the bank. Kanyago noted that international tea prices had gone down due to over oversupply of green tea leaves and the quest for increased pay was being looked at keenly. Kanyago who was speaking at Iria –ini Tea factory in Nyeri said it requires a lot of money to effect any adjustment to the levels farmers’ desire. He said the agency was studying the best total model of payment for farmers – whether to increase monthly and abolish bonus or increase bonus and lower monthly pay.

Source: Standard Digital February 25, 2019 09:56 UTC