The Southern India Mills’ Association’s (SIMA) Cotton Development and Research Association (CDRA) has developed a cotton plucking machine to help farmers pick the fiber faster. Chairman of the SIMA ...
The decision by tea labourers affiliated to the Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union (KPAWU) to protest against the ongoing mechanisation of tea production is misplaced. Since the twin ...
Two MPs have opposed a decision by tea firms to reduce payment for tea pluckers from Sh5 to Sh2 per kilo of harvested tea. Ainamoi MP Sylvanus Maritim and Nelson Koech (Belgut) spoke as a workers' ...