Frost destroys Kenyan tea

More than 4000 ha of tea crops were destroyed by frost in Kenya early in 2000. Small-scale tea growers also reported lost crops and a dozen processing plants had to be closed down indefinitely. Kenya is the world s fourth tea producer after China,...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2000
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46805
Description
Summary:More than 4000 ha of tea crops were destroyed by frost in Kenya early in 2000. Small-scale tea growers also reported lost crops and a dozen processing plants had to be closed down indefinitely. Kenya is the world s fourth tea producer after China,...