[file, Standard]Tea production has dropped by a quarter to 705.2 million kilogrammes in the nine months to March 2017. This is compared to 936.6 million kilogrammes that was produced in a similar period last year. March saw a drop of 35.8 per cent to 77.9 million kilogrammes. Prices at the Mombasa Tea Auction have also been lower at an average of $2.5 (Sh258) per kilogramme of tea in the nine months to March. “In 2014/15, for example, farmers delivered 770 million kilogrammes to KTDA factories in the nine months to March,” he said.

Source: Standard Digital April 26, 2017 17:48 UTC