Ekaterra Tea Kenya has suffered yet another loss after three more tea harvesting machines were on Monday torched by members of public. Police reports indicate that irate protestors stormed the estate, ...

Talks between tea companies and a task force formed to look into the use of tea harvesting machines in Kericho and Bomet counties have stalled. This has forced leaders in Kericho to appeal to ...

Nairobi — Technological evolution usually has an impact, both positive and negative. This is no different for the Kenyan tea sector. It is true that tea harvesting machines are taking over jobs and ...

A fresh row has erupted between tea multinationals and a workers’ union over the introduction of tea plucking machines, which could cost more than 50,000 workers their jobs. The Kenya Plantation and ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A multinational tea company based in Kenya has suspended operations after tea plucking and harvesting machines were burned by protesters citing massive job losses because of ...

A group of women pick tea leaves at a plantation in Kenya’s tea belt in the Rift Valley, where harvesting has traditionally been done by hand. This labor-intensive practice is said to ensure the ...

For the longest time tea has played a vital role in the growth of Kenya’s socio-economic space. The revenue generated from the sale of the cash crop locally and in terms of foreign exchange is ...

Tea harvesting machines are now widely used after initial resistance when most farmers insisted on hiring casual labourers. Tea Machinery Company Limited (Temec) general manager Michael Cherutich said ...

This review shows that machine learning enables early disease diagnosis, automates selective tea-bud harvesting, evaluates sensory quality using multi-sensor fusion, and predicts yields with higher ...

A multinational tea company based in Kenya has suspended operations after tea plucking and harvesting machines were burned by protesters citing massive job losses because of mechanisation. The ...

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