Adoption of Mechanized Tea Harvesting Technology in Kenya

This book is a research on the perception of stakeholders in the tea subsector in Kenya on the adoption of tea harvesting technology. Technology is supposed to improve efficiency and offer a life line to the struggling tea sector in Kenya but perception of the technology generates pressure from sector players which determine the direction and level of adoption. The book analyses empirically what drives adoption of technolgy by focusing on the main actors who stand to gain or loose by the decision of tea firms. The results presented identifies the critical stakeholders that the tea plantation firms management need to listen to if succesfull adoption of tea harvesting technology is to be achieved.