OPINION: Climate action must look beyond farms to tea factories
Originally published by Citizen Digital — Read the original article →
By Joyline Cheptoo
As COP31 turns attention to food security and zero waste, Kenya’s tea industry offers important lessons on including food processing in climate action initiatives.
When we talk about climate change and food systems, we mainly focus on production: drought, unpredictable rainfall, crop losses and the farmers struggling to adapt. These are critical challenges, but another part of the food system deserves more attention; what happens after the harvest.
