The theme is “Sustainable Tea Farming — an inspiring future for nature, health and rewarding livelihoods”. Locally, tea stakeholders have taken affirmative action to practice sustainable tea farming and combat the effects of climate change. The agency has initiated and embraced Farmer Field Schools (FFS), a programme that teaches over 560, 000 tea growers how to practice sustainable farming. The farmers have leveraged on the FFS programme to improve tea farming practices and venture into other enterprises as a way of cushioning them against fluctuating tea prices. Only that way can we be able to sustain tea farming and reward livelihoods.

Source: The Star May 09, 2017 21:22 UTC