KTDA Foundation, GAIN and Ethical Tea Partnership have today launched a programme aimed at improving diets among tea farmers and their families.
The nutritional improvement programme aims at equipping farmers from the catchments of Kapkatet, Tebesonik, Toror and Tegat factories with knowledge and practical skills on diet improvement.
Studies indicate that smallholder farmers and workers contributing to global cash crop value chains remain nutritionally vulnerable, with non communicable diseases (NCDs) accounting for up to 50% of all hospital admissions in hospitals in Kenya.
The project is hoped to reduce incidents of NCDs and improve productivity among smallholder farmers.