Changes in temperature, unpredictable rainfall and more severe droughts decrease yields and tea quality and reduce the area suitable for tea production. For over two years, veco will provide training on sustainable land management practices and work with decisionmakers to improve the adoption of these. Total calculated using estimates of how many farms are certified by both programs. Tac is a forum comprising official representatives of key tea industry stakeholders tea board, ccpa, ita, upasi, faitta, tea brokers and national federation of small tea growers cista. Rainforest alliance certified tea for a cup that is both environmentally sustainable and a treasure for your taste buds, sip on our rainforest alliance certified tea these tempting teas carry the gold standard of sustainability certification. With careful supplier screening processes, teatulia ensures every aspect of their business acts as a force for good. The rainforest alliance certified seal has been popping up on coffee, tea, cocoa and fruit products all over the world. Kenya is the third largest producer of tea displacing sri lanka, after india and china and largest exporter of black tea in the world with smallholder production accounting for about 66% of total tea production 378 million kilograms in 2011, kariuki, 2012. Committing sourcing tea from rainforest alliance certified tea. Sustainability of smallholder tea production in developing. Leapfrogging to mainstream 8 unilever sustainable tea.
The origins of nerada teas story are very much rooted in the fertile farming land of far north queensland fnq. This means that the other 50% is not certified and does not support farms and plantations. Feb 06, 2020 in 2018, sales of latin american tea certified by the rainforest alliance attained an amount of 34. Production from rainforest alliance certified farms accounted for approximately 10. Veco vietnam and rainforest alliance partner up for the. By 2015, all the tea we use in lipton tea bags globally will come from rainforest alliance certified farms. Rainforest alliance certification of kenyan tea farms.
In early 2009, the team decided to work with rainforest. The rainforest alliance is a nongovernmental organization working towards conserving. Requirements and guidelines for use of the rainforest alliance. This study investigates how a private, voluntary north americanbased sustainability certification, rainforest alliance, is implemented in the sri lankan tea industry. Leapfrogging to mainstream 9 chapter 2 background like any tropical crop, tea raises a number of environmental and social issues, each with a cost benefit balance that can be tipped in a positive way. Asia dropped by 18% mainly due to decrease in india, indonesia, and sri lanka. Rainforest alliance certified packs tv announcement take a sip national press, radio and pr short movie to.
What does rainforest alliance certified tea mean youtube. Feb 17, 2012 meet the people working to make tea farming sustainable in kenya. The costs and benefits of implementing sustainable. We are building a powerful alliance to create a better future for people and nature. As a woody perennial, tea plants are cultivated in production systems for numerous decades and thus experience the multiple decadal effects of climate change including influences on tea yields and. In january 2018, utz and the rainforest alliance have merged to build a. Rainforest alliance and, to a lesser extent, utz certified, are particularly active in increasing their shares in the massmarket retail segment for standard teabag grades. Dominique gangneux, vicepresident, markets transformation, the rainforest alliance said, it is hugely progressive and commendable of typhoo to bring a suite of products to the market that carry the rainforest alliance green frog seal. Rwanda mountain tea ltd is an investor in tea plantations and tea processing facilities. In 2007, multinational consumer goods company unilever launched a partnership with the kenya tea development agency ktda to help bring kenyas more than 500,000 smallscale tea farmers up to the certification standard set by the sustainable agriculture network, a global coalition of. The methods farmers learn through rainforest alliance training programssuch as improved plucking and pruning techniques, infilling planting densely and soil rejuvenation across the whole farmimprove yields and tea quality. Utz estimated tea and rooibos production stabilized at 119,883 mt in 2017 main origins of utz supply are africa and asia.
Its main work is the provision of an environmental certification on sustainable. And this uncertainty is compounded by difficulties in predicting how these different factors might interact with one another. Ra tea production and multicertification of this production o market uptake. Latin america estimated tea production decreased by 45%. Sustainable coffee certifications comparison matrix. Impact of farmer field schools and rainforest alliance in. Sustainable tea leading the industry sustainable living. The process often takes half an year preparation and 3 days dedicated onsite audit, which were extra investment and complexity on. The plants, processing, manufacturing and production. The rainforest alliance certified seal is an internationally recognized symbol of environmental, social and economic sustainability. Orthodox tea production focuses on preserving the singular virtues of the leaf resulting in fermented tea leaves, while ctc is about ensuring faster.
Impact assessment of rainforest alliance and farmer field school training find, read and cite all the. In kenya alone, over 700,000 smallholder farmers have achieved rainforest alliance certification for their farms. Most of the data in this report is collected via our online traceability systems, the good inside portal. Rainforest alliance sustainable agriculture standard. The rainforest alliance is an international nongovernmental organization ngo based in new york city and amsterdam, with offices throughout the world and operations in more than 60 countries. Rainforest alliance certification which aims to enhance smallholder tea growers access to niche. Within the ra training and certification programme funded by idh and other. Don jansen plant research international, part of wageningen ur. Climate change project rainforest alliance of lipton in 2016 by cy.
Waarts and others published sustainable tea production in kenya. The certification ensures that production methods are protecting. An evaluation of the future of tea indicates that there is a great deal of uncertainty about what the tea sector could look like by 2030. At least 30% of products with the rainforest alliance mark are rainforest alliance certified. Kenya sustainable tea production rainforest alliance. Better for business rainforest alliance certified tea. Wamanga and koech 2010 define plucking of tea as the manual or. Social, economic, environmental, democratic organization of cooperatives. The company proudly holds the titles rainforest alliance certi. Rainforest alliance certification of kenyan tea farms research. Rainforest alliance certified tea sales latin america 2018. Through our continued work with the rainforest alliance. The analysis is guided by actornetwork theory to understand the effects of the rainforest alliance certification as it is enacted and co.
Between 2009 and 20, we worked in partnership with the rainforest alliance and idh the sustainable trade initiative, to improve farming methods and enhance the livelihoods of tea smallholder farmers in indonesia. The rainforest alliance is a nongovernmental organization working towards conserving biodiversity and ensuring sustainable livelihoods by transforming landuse practices, business. Which certification to use for magnum depended on finding the best fit between the criteria of the different standards and the magnum brand. Rainforest alliance standard, the 2017 rainforest alliance lists for pesticide management lists of prohibited and risk mitigation use pesticides, and this 2017 rainforest alliance certification rules document. Tea production is increasingly impacted by the negative effects of climate change. Sencha rainforest alliance rainforest alliance certi. Sustainable tea production in kenya impact assessment of rainforest alliance and farmer field school training. Press release for immediate publication typhoo and rainforest alliance announce responsible sourcing partnership new delhi, april 21, 2015. An evaluation of the future of tea indicates that there is a great deal of uncertainty about what the tea sector could look.
A case study is developed from an extensive six month period of fieldwork in sri lanka. Rainforest alliance smithsonian bird friendly utz certified 4 c common code cooperatives to compete on a global scale. We do our best to make sure that all of the information in this report is. Meet the people working to make tea farming sustainable in kenya. The rainforest alliance certifiedtm program is based on the. The idea behind maruzen tea morocco is to bring japanese tea processing technology to morocco in order to serve the eu and beyond with homegrown japanese tea. As of 2015, more than 4,300 companies buy or sell products from rainforest alliance certified farms, and the rainforest alliance certified seal can be seen in more than 120 countries. In 2007, multinational consumer goods company unilever launched a partnership with the kenya tea development agency ktda to help bring kenyas more than 500,000 smallscale tea farmers up to the certification standard set by the sustainable agriculture network, a global coalition of environmental organizations. In august 2006, the government of rwanda under the privatization policy sold to rwanda mountain tea controlling shares 90 % of two tea estates of nyabihu and rubaya both in the north western region of rwanda. A major project is under way in kenya with what are known as farmer field schools to teach tea farmers more about tea cultivation. Fostering sustainability in tea production and trade food and. Rainforest alliance ra is currently dominating the market, with close to 60% of all sustainability certified tea produced in 2011. There are three main differences between orthodox and ctc teas.
Typhoo today announced the launch of the first globally certified environmentally sustainable teas to be marketed across india. Nov 12, 2017 beside pesticide regulation, there were ten regulatory categories, consisting of 100 subrules. Its here that our black tea was planted decades ago, and our fresh australian tea continues to grow across 1,100 acres, harvested, oxidised. Tea production nerada tea gains rainforest alliance certification. Today, rainforest alliance certified tm tea accounts for around 20% of the worlds tea production, and we work with suppliers in 14 countries in africa and asia to train smallholder farmers so they can achieve farm certification. Pdf rainforest alliance certification of kenyan tea. Differentiation between smallholders and mediumlarge producers the 2020 rainforest alliance standard differentiates between smallholders and mediumlarge.
Code elements for coffee production environmental, farm production and processing standards. Rainforest alliance certification rfc, one example of an ems, was adopted by some kenyan tea farms in 2007 to promote sustainable tea production. Sustainable tea farming around the world news unilever. Impact assessments by lei show the success of the project, which unilever is also involved in. Rainforest alliance certified teas the republic of tea. The costs of rainforest alliance certification, the benefits resulting from certification and how these costs and benefits compare remain undocumented in kenya and limits production. Already more than 50% of our tea comes from rainforest alliance certified plantations. Includes both rainforest alliance and utz certified farms. Rainforest alliance certified, and 19 factories are preparing for certification. Climate change project rainforest alliance of lipton in. Jerrys ice cream, and rainforest alliance certification for lipton tea. Since december 2015, veco vietnam has taken the role of national coordinator for the global environment facility gef and rainforest alliances mainstreaming sustainable management of tea production landscapes project in vietnam. Sustainable tea production booklet for smallholders in sri lanka.
The efforts put on communicating, persuading and changing incentive system was huge and costly. The ethical tea partnership etp is another mainstream initiative that works to improve the sustainability of tea, the lives of tea workers and the environments in which. In 2018, sales of latin american tea certified by the rainforest alliance attained an amount of 34. To learn more about the liptons rainforest alliance. The rainforest alliance, fairtrade, utz certified and organic are the main vsss in the tea sector when ranked by production size.
Rfc addresses the three pillars of sustainable development environmental, economic and social and as such is suited to tea farming which has been characterised by environmental resource. The factories used to produce rainforest alliance certificated tea products should pass the audit by the ngo. Most of the data in this report is collected via our traceability systems. Pdf rainforest alliance certification of kenyan tea farms.
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