Challenges of Tea growing in Uganda

Challenges of Tea growing in Uganda Divine tea Tea business Contact us
The tea sector is faced with many challenges which among others include:
-Inadequate supply of high yielding tea clones and quality plantlets for establishment of new plantations or restoration of the old tea trees
-Unaffordable and inaccessible agro-inputs such as fertilizers and herbicides.
-Inadequate delivery of tea extension/advisory services.
-Lack of a comprehensive policy that address the tea value chain development.
-Limited research
-Poor road networks and infrastructure in remote areas where tea is grown
-The auction market at Mombasa is monopolistic and makes it difficult to guarantee profits.
-Low local markets; only 3% of made tea is consumed on the domestic market.
-Power shortages that affects processors
-High power tariffs that increase the cost of production.
-Lack of a national strategy to address tea expansion within existing production and to new areas.
-Lack of experienced nursery operators to produce good and better seedlings.