KTDA TEA DEVELOPMENT

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The Smallholder Tea Development Project in Kenya will finance the expansion (second plan) of its tea development program in the African smallholder areas. It will provide production and processing facilities for 14,000 acres of tea, increasing the smallholder tea cultivation to a total of 25,500 acres. This project will consist of financing and establishment of nurseries and sale of planting material to smallholders; supervision of smallholder tea cultivation in the field and the training of smallholders through a staff of instructors; operation of buying centers, including collection, inspection, purchase and transport of green leaf to the factories; and organizing and supervising these activities through a small central staff. The project will provide about 15,000 smallholders with a cash income, raising them from subsistence economy to a better standard of living, thus contributing to the political stability of the country.