Why Uganda’s tea sector urgently needs policy
Apart from giving out free seedlings, nothing much has been achieved through government interventions to improve the tea sub-sector, sector players say.
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Workers picking tea in Kasaku Tea Estate, Buikwe district. In most cases, farmers have no say in determining the price of their produce
By NewVision Reporter
Journalists @NewVision
Uganda’s tea sub-sector is a sleeping giant that if awakened would greatly improve the country’s export earnings. Many factors including poor co-ordination of the various policies are seen as limiting