New tea varieties to increase yields, boost farmers’ earnings

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The high-yield seed varieties will enable farmers to continue producing the cash crop even at times when the rains are unpredictable

However, the new 2022 National Bureau of Statistics report indicates that the earnings from tea sales have gone down to Sh6,257.3 billion in 2021 compared to Sh6,752.4 billion earned in 2020.
The report shows that the earnings from foreign sales increased to Sh3,418.9 billion (2017), Sh3,435.7 billion (2018) and Sh5,043.1 (2019).
The TRIT director of research, Dr Daniel Mgori, says the seeds will help increase productivity in tea cultivation.
He says the new seeds were introduced after many years of research and that farmers will now gain a lot from the quality of the seeds on the market.
“Many regions that grow this crop have been experiencing long dry spells due to insufficient rainfall during the November-April rainy season. This calls for the need to have drought-resistant seeds,” says Mgori.

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