Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) has increased monthly green leaf payments for farmers in regions five, six, and seven, by between KSh2 and KSh3, with effect from 1st July 2021.
Farmers in KTDA’s region five, covering factories in Kericho and Bomet counties, will earn KSh20 per kilo of green leaf delivered, up from a previous KSh18.
Farmers in both region six– factories in Kisii and Nyamira counties, and region seven– Nandi, Trans-Nzoia and Vihiga counties, will now earn KSh20 per kilo of green leaf, up from a previous KSh17.
The decision follows a similar move approved by factories in KTDA’s regions one to four, covering central and eastern regions, which resolved to increase their monthly green leaf payment to farmers from KSh16 per kilo to KSh21 starting January this year.
Meanwhile, multinational firms have announced plans to set a minimum price for their tea at the Mombasa Tea Auction to cut losses occasioned by the low cost of the commodity in the market.
The Kenya Tea Growers Association (KTGA), an umbrella body for multinational firms, has written to the East African Tea Traders Association (Eatta), which manages the auction, informing it of the decision, just a month after the State introduced reserve price for smallholder farmers.
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