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In a 2023 China tea-field trial, bushes grew beneath tracking solar panels; fresh-leaf yield was 15.3% higher while annual average PAR was 52.9% of the controlA recent Chinese agrivoltaic study revealed that solar panels can boost tea bush production. While these plants receive diminished light, t...
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Tata chair N Chandrasekaran’s exit leaves $120 billion spending ambition in limboTata Group is facing a leadership and strategy reset after N Chandrasekaran’s decision to step down as Tata Sons chairman, putting the cong...
Tukaram Mundhe reveals how caustic soda & shampoo are used to make synthetic milk and how the racket worksMaharashtra FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has exposed an alleged synthetic milk racket. Investigators uncovered parallel production lines...
Investing and thinking beyond Trump, Iran and oil prices: 5 large-caps from different sectors with upside potential of up to 21%West Asia is once again dictating the mood on Dalal Street. Brent crude has crossed $93 a barrel, Indian equities are under pressure, and t...
Climate shift threatens Nilgiris tea plantations, says UPASI officialRising temperatures and erratic weather challenge Nilgiris tea plantations significantly. Super El Nino conditions exacerbate these climate...
The 'little boy' in the Pacific, India's monsoon and the big test aheadIndia's crucial monsoon season has begun sluggishly, with a significant rainfall deficit raising concerns for the farm economy. Delayed sow...
Guwahati Tea Auction Centre sets new benchmark for quality tea pricesGuwahati Tea Auction Centre achieved record prices for quality tea. Deckiajuli Tea Estate sold premium CTC leaf at Rs 1,103 per kg. Sotai T...
Small tea growers want minimum support priceWithout own processing facilities, STGs always depend on standalone factories, not owned by any garden, to process their green leaf.
Tea expert recommends mechanised plucking of tea leavesComparing Japan's tea production to Kenya that practices manual plucking throughout the year, tea experts claimed that machine plucking has...
Small tea growers have grown in own contribution to national yieldIf latest figures of Indian Tea Board are taken into consideration, STG sector comes out as 43% contributor to West Bengal’s total tea yiel...
Heat wave emerging out as big worry in Bengal tea beltPrevailing heat-wave over Dooars or Terai in Sub Himalayan West Bengal region has put Tea planters, under deep worry.
Assam tea industry should increase production: ABITAIn recent years, the shortage of labour in tea estates had also thrown up a challenge to meet targets in production, thereby necessitating ...
Worsening climatic dynamics poses threat to Darjeeling teaGlobal warming and an increasing influx of people are affecting this environmentally important region, in turn hurting tea production.
Small tea growers & factory owners lock horns over sharing of realized priceLong standing dispute over sharing of the market realization has finally brought the two major beneficiary sections of Indian tea trade fac...
- Replanting to help tea cos raise yield
With domestic consumption of quality tea growing at an annual rate of 3%, the Indian tea industry is going in for a massive replantation of...
- Jayshree Tea plans to buy Rwandan tea estates
Jayshree Tea & Industries (JTIL), a BK Birla Group company, is eyeing tea estates in Rwanda.
- Snowfall to hit first flush Darjeeling tea
Snowfall in Darjeeling and freezing foothills might have recently brought delight to the tourists but tea planters have already started mak...
- Tea estates want eco-tourism, crop diversification
Faced with declining yield and mounting cost of production, the tea plantations in Kerala are demanding setting apart 20% of the estates fo...
- Satellite images expose scars in tea plantations
Indian tea has undergone a quality degradation due to the presence of old and unyielding bushes in domestic tea gardens.