Devagiri Tea aims for tea-producing communities to earn their fair share of the value chain, breaking free from the cycle of social immobility, thereby empowering communities to earn their own livelihoods and achieve sustainable prosperity. foodepedia.co.uk/drink/leaf-to-…

Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) national chairperson Enos Njeru has revealed that the unsold tea in Mombasa tea auction will not affect bonus payout to 600,000 small scale tea farmers in the country. youtube.com/watch?v=Xi9k5h…

Indian tea production declined in July by 14.39 percent to 1468.4 lakh kg from 1715.5 lakh kg in the same month last year, mainly due to adverse climatic conditions in Assam and W Bengal. By contrast, S India saw a 7% increase. eng.ruralvoice.in/national/tea-p…

Sri Lanka’s tea industry establishes a new standard in a bid to improve quality through regenerative agriculture in collaboration w/Unilever Pepsi. It will include extensive replanting of old tea bushes, and training for smallholder farmers. sundaytimes.lk/240901/busines…

All India Tea Traders Association cites sluggish growth in domestic consumption & rising food inflation as challenges faced by the tea industry, but after many years of relative stagnation, Indian tea exports appear to be on a higher growth trajectory tinyurl.com/ynmhkpmr

Assam Chief Secretary urges tea producers to focus on quality not quantity, to add value at source and resist selling at low prices for the economic well-being of lakhs of small tea growers and tea garden workers across Assam. business-standard.com/industry/agric…

Malawi: Gender policy launched to combat tea sector sexual harassment; includes gender champions trained to serve as advocates & catalysts for change within their respective tea estates and an anti-sexual harassment training manual. kilimonews.co.ke/general-news/g…

Small tea growers in West Bengal have urged the Tea Board to defer the last date of plucking green leaves this season to December due to a significant shortfall in production telegraphindia.com/business/small…

Organic Tea Market Size to Reach $2.4 Billion by 2031 einnews.com/pr_news/740124…

Worker at UK Tetley tea factory relied on benefits to top up her wage & using the food bank to feed her children because she "can't provide adequately". Workers will go on strike after being offered a 4.4% pay rise. bbc.com/news/articles/…

The need to produce high-quality tea were a focal point during the recent KTDA induction programme for factory directors; KTDA has increased payments to farmers to motivate them to bring their tea to the agency rather than hawkeres. peopledaily.digital/quality-concer…

Keyan farmers might see reduction in bonuses compared to previous year due to ongoing market challenges compounded by high production costs & loans taken to sustain factories during periods when tea sales were sluggish. nation.africa/kenya/business…

Hill Plantation Employees Union (HPEU), registered as a trade union only last year and not aligned with any political parties, is slowly attracting the attention of tea garden workers. (thanks to Aravinda Anantharaman for flagging!) telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/in…

"We are witnessing inflation in tea procurement prices this season." Hindustan Lever HUL and Tata Global Beverages will increase consumer tea prices in India as a result. businesstoday.in/latest/economy…

Kenyan Deputy President said KTDA’s loss-making subsidiaries must be closed down so that it can concentrate on selling tea and lowering production costs to protect 800,000 farmers. standardmedia.co.ke/coast/article/…

The Assam Gov't has approved a 20% bonus for Assam Tea Corporation Ltd tea gardens employees and workers before the Durga Puja festival amounting to over 780 million rupees guwahatiplus.com/assam/assam-ap…

More than 8,000 workers from the 10 tea estates of AYCL in Assam are not receiving wages since a couple of months. Protests over the past three months have increased under the banners of different tea workers associations. nenow.in/opinion/beyond…

Trade unions operating in the tea gardens of the Darjeeling hills are preparing to formulate a united plan to negotiate with planters to fix the annual bonus rate for workers. telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/hi…

Kenya's Dep. PM asked Chai Trading and KTDA Holdings to ensure the stocks are cleared so to put things in order & called on KTDA to invest in construction of warehouses to cut down operational costs & afford farmers higher returns on investment. the-star.co.ke/news/2024-09-0…

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