TEA GROWING IN EAST AFRICA

Areas of tea growing include:

- Kericho (major area)
- Limuru
- Slopes of Mt. Kenya
TANZANIA
- Usambara Mt. slopes
- Mbeya
- Iringa
UGANDA
- Mukono
- Buikwe
- Kabarole
- Bushenyi
- Rukungiri etc.
FACTORS FOR TEA GROWING
Physical
- Hot temperatures
- Heavy rainfall about 1500 mm. p.a
- Requires high altitude between 1000-2000 m above sea level
- Requires deep well-drained acidic soils.
- Requires vast land.
HUMAN FACTORS
- Large sums of capital
- Cheap abundant labor
- Existence of positive government policy
- Presence of a wide and ready market.
- Well developed transport network
- Modern technology and research

HOW TEA IS GROWN

- Leaf cutting
- Transplanting takes place
- Pruning begins
- Plucking is carried out
- Grading takes place
- Ready for consumption