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Kenya: KTDA to Axe Tea Sector Jobs
The Kenya Tea Development Agency KTDA has rolled out an ambitious restructuring programme aimed at cutting down operation costs and improving efficiency. Almost half of the agency's labour force spread across 54 tea factories countrywide are expected to lose opportunities that come with the peak season in the restructuring programme which involves automation of factory operations through use of new technologies. .
Tea promotion through Overseas missions
COLOMBO: The Plantation Industries Ministry will launch a programme to promote Sri Lankan tea in foreign countries through our overseas missions, said Plantation Industries Minister DM Jayaratne. The Minister was speaking at a meeting held to formulate strategies for the promotion of Lankan tea in foreign countries at the Ministry. The Government expects to augment the tea export earnings from Rs. 91.5 billion to Rs. 125 billion within three years. The officials in Lankan missions overseas will receive comprehensive training in promoting and explorating new market avenues for our tea, the Minister said. Under this programme, an embassy official should send an extensive report on the demand for Sri Lankan tea and new strategies that could be employed for the promotion of tea in particular country every three months to the foreign minister and the plantation minister.
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