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Climate impacts hitting yields and already ‘scarce’ incomes, tea farmers warn
Farmers say hail, drought and storms have cut production by 30% at Fintea cooperatives and reduced money for climate resilience.
- Kenyan tea farmers supplying UK supermarkets say unpredictable weather, including storms and drought, is reducing harvests and damaging their incomes.
- Farmers in Kericho and Bomet reported hailstorms, drought, heat, and unusual rainfall, which made it harder to cover family expenses and invest in climate protections.
- Fintea reported that tea production fell during the affected period, while a hailstorm in western Kenya damaged thousands of tea plants.
- Fairtrade Foundation director Kerrina Thorogood said only one in five Kenyan tea farmers earns enough each month to cover their families’ essential needs.
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Climate impacts hitting yields and already ‘scarce’ incomes, tea farmers warn
Increasingly unpredictable climate conditions, unfair trade practices and rising costs are squeezing the amount of money Kenyan farmers can make.
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