Strategies for sustainable financing of tea research in Kenya
1996
Rutto, J.K.
For improved production in terms of increasing yields per unit area, producing higher quality tea and reducing costs of production (R) research and (D) development is vital. For tea the R and D has largely 70% been financed by the farmers through cess paid to Tea Board of Kenya, the balance being generated internally by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya. While the research financing by the tea industry has played vital role, there is need to look for additional finances as costs of research inputs have risen to a level where the current funding is inadequate. At present, the Kenya tea industry spends about 0.12% the gross turn over on research. This level is low and needs augmenting through other sources or additional financing from cess. Additional funding could be from Goverment grants, competitive grants, consultancy services, etc.
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