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Figure 1.3 Tea Production and Producer Prices in Kenya 480
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Figure 1.4 Tea Production and Producer Prices in Tanzania 180
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production was available because estates provided a part of the output. Baffes (2005a, 590) has argued that the tea sector differs from other sectors in Tanzania: First, the reforms of the tea sector started much earlier than Tanzania’s other export crop sectors (e.g. coffee, cotton, cashews). Second, there was no apparent “supply-driven” assistance or push for reforms; by and large,