Tea
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has unveiled a government plan to raise smallholder tea farmers' earnings from Ksh59 per kilogram in 2022 to Ksh100 by 2027. He announced it in Embu on Thursday during the release of the 2025 Kenya Tea Industry Performance Report. The initiative includes a Ksh3.7 billion concessional loan for factory upgrades.
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The Shizuoka Prefectural Government has intensified efforts to regain its position as Japan's leading green tea producer after losing the top spot to Kagoshima Prefecture. Capitalizing on the global boom in matcha-powdered green tea, the region is shifting production from sencha, Japan's most commonly consumed green tea, to tencha, the raw leaves used for matcha, while also expanding organic tea cultivation. Long bolstered by its strong brand, Shizuoka now confronts several challenges in rebuilding its standing in the tea market.