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KAKAMEGA: Most tea farmers in Vihiga County, faced with persistent challenges and poor prices for the commodity, have ventured into growing other crops.
Solomon Alitsi from Sabatia constituency, who embraced tea farming in 1963, says some of the challenges that have forced farmers to quit include high cost of production, poor weather and dwindling market prices.
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