Williamson gets 60 per cent of tea from smallholder growers

A woman picks tea leaves in Nyeri. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Williamson Tea Kenya says smallholder farmers now supply more than 60 per cent of the green leaf processed in its factories, deepening the outsourcing strategy it started years ago.

The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firm said increased production by contracted farmers helped it post a profit in the half year ended September.

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