Topic: tea
KTDA unveils 3 mobile platforms in bid to boost service to smallholder tea farmers
Jul 20, 2023 at 01:19 PM
Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has launched a mobile app, SMS and USSD platforms to enhance its service provision to its more than 600,000 smallholder tea farmers....
CS Linturi announces enhanced bilateral trade in tea between Kenya and Pakistan
Feb 28, 2023 at 11:43 AM
Pakistan is Kenya’s largest trade partner in the tea sector and imports 40 per cent of Kenyan tea....
Mithika Linturi says Govt stepping up measures to boost tea farmers' earnings
Feb 27, 2023 at 05:54 PM
Tea is Kenya's leading export and earned her Sh152.4 billion in 2022 with tea exports led by Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) contributed about 33 per cent ($34.98 billion) to K...
KTDA releases January 2023 green leaf payments for smallholder tea farmers
Feb 08, 2023 at 03:54 PM
The agency says the amount is payment for 120 million kilogrammes of green leaf delivered to factories managed by KTDA with farmers able to access their banked cash from Thursday....
DP Gachagua meets KTDA board to push for improved earnings for tea farmers
Jan 16, 2023 at 05:37 PM
He assured the agency the Kenya Kwanza government will address any hurdles they face in terms of legislation, market among others in reforming tea as raised by the board members....
Sasini, Fahari Aviation ink deal to adopt drones in fertiliser application in farms
Aug 25, 2022 at 03:44 PM
Fahari Aviation, which a subsidiary of Kenya Airways has inked a service deal with Kipkebe Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Sasini, to offer precision agricultural services using dron...
KTDA disburses Sh3 million to smallholder tea farmers for December payments
Jan 07, 2022 at 10:01 PM
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has this week disbursed Sh3 billion as payment to its smallholder tea farmers for the December 2021 green leaf deliveries to their respectiv...
Uhuru urges Kenya-SA businesses to leverage trade to strengthen bilateral ties
Nov 24, 2021 at 11:34 AM
President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the Business Community to leverage trade to strengthen Kenya-South Africa ties....
KTDA tea prices rise sharply in 4 months amid improved market absorption
Nov 22, 2021 at 11:13 AM
Tea prices for KTDA-managed factories hit an average of Sh326.50 (USD2.91) in the auction held on November 15th and 16th up 27 per cent from Sh 318.65 (USD2.84) the previous week....
KTDA welcomes President Uhuru Kenyatta fertilizer subsidy for farmers
Oct 22, 2021 at 06:11 PM
Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings Limited on Friday welcomed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s order to Treasury to allocate Sh1 billion for fertilizer subsidy for farmers....
KTDA Holdings board appoints Wilson Muthaura as group CEO
Oct 08, 2021 at 01:07 PM
The Board of the Kenya Tea Development Agency Holdings Limited on Friday appointed Wilson Muthaura as the Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from October 1....
KTDA smallholder factories announce bonus payment rates for tea farmers
Oct 04, 2021 at 09:54 AM
Smallholder tea factories have announced second payment rates (bonuses) for farmers for the financial year ending June 2021, covering the period 1st July 2020 to 30th June 2021. ...
KTDA smallholder factories to hold meetings to approve tea bonuses
Sep 16, 2021 at 02:11 PM
The meetings will be followed by a formal declaration of the second payment (bonus) that will be communicated to farmers through their respective factory companies. ...
Fertiliser ordered for smallholder tea farmers by KTDA arrives at Mombasa port
Aug 25, 2021 at 06:18 AM
65,000 tonnes of fertilizer imported by Kenya Tea Development Agency Management Services Limited (KTDA MS) for smallholder farmers in Kenya landed at the Mombasa port, awaiting pac...
KTDA factories record improved tea earnings at Mombasa auction
Aug 09, 2021 at 08:58 PM
The new KTDA Holdings board’s introduction of the minimum reserve price was due to the need to improve farmers’ earnings that had for a long time taken a beating from low price...
Munya asks KTDA to fast track reforms to improve farmers’ earnings
Jul 08, 2021 at 10:17 PM
Agriculture CS Peter Munya has urged the new KTDA Holdings Board to fast track its reform efforts to improve farmers’ earnings and return the tea sector to sustainability and pro...
KTDA gives farmers greater say over Sh36 billion assets in shareholding changes
Jun 07, 2021 at 01:54 PM
Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings PLC shareholders have approved the shakeup of its shareholding structure to have farmers own shares directly in the company....
Tea prices dip globally due to high production
Apr 29, 2021 at 02:17 PM
The continued high production of tea and global oversupply have dipped average tea prices for factories managed by Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) dip to USD2.22 in the nine mo...
We have nothing to hide, KTDA tells Matiang'i
Apr 20, 2021 at 12:13 PM
The Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) has maintained that it has nothing to hide as far as its operations, financial transactions, and business are concerned....
KTDA smallholder tea farmers to get Sh734 million dividend
Apr 15, 2021 at 12:22 AM
Smallholder tea farmers affiliated to factories managed by Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) are this week set to receive Sh734 million from their tea factories in dividends....
