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Incessant rainfall and hailstorms have resulted in a 50% crop loss in the tea sector of Barak Valley, Assam. Thousands of hectares of tea plantations have been damaged, leading to a decline in tea production.
The organisation has announced its partnerships with the Indian Tea Association, five tea gardens and two eye hospitals in India.
There is growing concern that rising input costs are eroding farmers' incomes.
KTDA plans to install speciality tea processing plants in an extra 32 factories at an estimated cost of Sh10 billion.
Farmers received Sh5.5 billion in the initial disbursement by the Kenya Tea and Development Agency (KTDA) in January.