Register as a tea grower with the Tea Board of Kenya
Tea Board of Kenya · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Apply online on the Tea Board's IMIS portal (imis.teaboard.or.ke) with the grower form, your ID, birth certificate, proof of land ownership and a sketch of your tea farm. Registration is free.
- Fee
- FreeTea grower registration (small, medium or large scale)
- Where
- Online on the Tea Board of Kenya IMIS portal; TBK offices in Nairobi (Naivasha Road), Kericho and Mombasa
What you need
- Small or medium scale: completed Form TBK\TB\B (or your details on the factory platform)
- Large scale: completed Form TBK\TB\C
- National ID, passport or certificate of company incorporation
- Copy of your birth certificate (individual growers)
- Proof of land ownership: title deed or lease agreement
- Farm verification report from your tea factory (where applicable)
- A sketch of your tea farm
Steps
- If your factory does farm verification, get the report from them, and draw a simple sketch of your tea farm.
- Go to the TBK IMIS portal (imis.teaboard.or.ke) and fill in the grower application: Form TBK\TB\B for small or medium scale, TBK\TB\C for large scale.
- Attach your ID or passport, birth certificate, proof of land ownership, the farm report and the sketch, then submit.
- Follow the status of your application on IMIS.
Watch out
- Grower registration is free. Don't pay anyone to register you.
- You need proof of the land. If you rent it, a lease agreement works instead of a title deed.
- Smallholders can have their details captured on their tea factory's platform instead of filling the form alone.
Who can apply
- Small, medium and large scale tea growers in Kenya.
- Individuals or companies. A company uses its certificate of incorporation.
Official sources (4)
- Registration, Licensing and Standards teaboard.or.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Small Scale and Medium Scale Tea Grower teaboard.or.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Large Scale Tea Grower teaboard.or.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- TBK Integrated Management Information System imis.teaboard.or.ke · read 2 Oct 2026