High tea processing costs in KTDA-allied factories have been cited as one of the challenges leading to reduced earnings of smallholder tea farmers.
This has called for exploration of various measures to cut the cost of production thus increasing farmers' income from their tea.
KTDA has entered into a pact with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to explore and research more on use of gasification in powering tea processing in all KTDA allied factories.
On Friday, a team from UNIDO visited Kiru tea factory in Mathioya sub county for consultations with the board of directors of KTDA, where it was established the processing of tea using firewood has become expensive and also led to degradation of the environment caused by increasing cutting down of trees.
