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- Tea Board India has inaugurated five weather stations in the Nilgiris villages of Thummanatti and Kadakodu to help small tea growers manage yields, quality, and disease and pest control through local weather information.
- The initiative is part of the Board's technological intervention scheme, implemented with Agri Foretell and Havukal Tea Factory, with two Farmers' Producers Organisations selected for the project.
- At a review meeting led by Deputy Chairman C. Murugan, growers shared their experiences and difficulties with the project.
- Mr. Murugan also encouraged growers to move beyond supplying green leaves by setting up a mini tea factory, with Tea Board 'Tea Mark' certification and direct marketing through teamarketplace.in.
What to watch next
- How the weather stations perform in improving yields and quality for the participating growers
- Whether small tea growers take up the mini tea factory and 'Tea Mark' certification offer
- Possible expansion of the scheme to more growers or villages in the Nilgiris
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C. Murugan
Deputy Chairman of Tea Board India
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“small tea growers need not remain only as suppliers of green tea leaves”
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…encountered in the implementation of the project. Mr. Murugan also visited the Automatic Tea Weather Station established in one of the small tea growers’ fields, the press release added. Mr. Murugan said that small tea growers need not remain only as suppliers of green tea leaves and encouraged farmers to scale up the value chain and set up a mini tea factory and produce their own tea. He assured them that growers will be provided with Tea Board of India’s ‘Tea Mark’ certification and the tea…
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Named India · Hari Om Small Tea Growers' Association · Kadakodu · Mupathu Mukkodi Devathi Devargal Small Tea Growers' Association · Nilgiris · Thummanatti · Agri Foretell · Bharani Kumaar · C. Murugan · Havukal Tea Factory · S. Soundararajan · Tea Board India
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