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Vol. 6, Special Issue 4 (2018)

Impact of organic tea cultivation among the small tea growers and their success in the sustainable income generation in Assam in India


Author(s): Nomi Sarmah and Janaki Rani

Abstract: The growing awareness on health and environmental issues in agriculture has led to the demand for production of organic food which is emerging as an attractive source of income generation. The ‘organic’ label is not a health claim, it is a process claim. There are also claims that food produced by organic methods tastes better and contains a better balance of vitamins and minerals than conventionally grown food. Tea is considered as one of the main agricultural produce in India. Presently, the small tea growers started producing organic tea in their tea gardens. The investigation was carried out in Dibrugarh district of Assam since the district has highest area under Tea cultivation. A sample of ninety farmers was selected from six villages. The impact of organic tea cultivation on the Small Tea Growers indicated that 96.66 percent of the respondents agreed that due to future prospects of organic tea, increased income and demand for organic products in the World market and rise in prices makes the farmers to get more income (93.33 percent) and 50.00 percent of the consumers are willing to buy organic products and they felt healthy and nutritious in consuming tea (96.66%). The case analysis of successful organic farmer expressed that he sold his tea in the brand name called Bloom at the rate of 2500 per kg which has excessive demand by the domestic as well as at international customers and earned ten lakhs per year. Hence, the organic tea cultivation may be sustained to get sustainable income by the small tea growers.

Pages: 181-184  |  592 Views  62 Downloads

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Nomi Sarmah and Janaki Rani. Impact of organic tea cultivation among the small tea growers and their success in the sustainable income generation in Assam in India. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2018; 6(4): 181-184.
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