Topic
Tea
From the archive
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Markets, IndiaAs Kenyan tea floods global market, Indian planters hope for price recovery at homeIndian tea planters hope for firmer prices at home as cheaper Kenyan tea, at around $1.8 to $2 a kg, gains ground in global markets.
- Soil, water & climate, West BengalBengal tea planters look forward to bumper ‘first flush’ leaves after heavy showersHeavy winter rain after months of dry weather has raised hopes among Bengal tea planters of a fourth straight bumper first flush crop in 2021, and cut their need for irrigation.
- Markets, IndiaDecrease in tea production in the country due to the raging pandemicTea Board data show India's tea output fell by about 151.6 million kg, or 12.8 per cent, on the January to October 2019 level, with the lockdown and poor weather blamed.
- Soil, water & climate, AssamDry weather worries tea estate owners in Assam and West BengalAssam and West Bengal had about half the rain first flush tea needs in January and February, and producers warn output and exports could suffer.