Why Ugandan tea farmers are picking peanuts from toil

A worker picks tea at a farm in Nyeri, Kenya on May 25, 2023.

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Uganda’s estimated 600,000 smallholder farmers continue to earn low returns from their toil, even when overall production has faced shortages.

The problem, sector players say, ranges from the poor quality crop to factors beyond their control, such as lingering effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.