Logo

Synopsis The voluminous treatise on Tea Industry--a Road Map Ahead, by G.D. Banerjee and Srijeet Banerji is a monumental work detailing an overview of tea industry, which classifies the botany of tea, traces the history of tea leaf, development tea industry during 1950 to 2007, dynamics of auction system in India and abroad, product diversification. Manufacturing of China's black, green, Oolong and other teas and China's special Pu'er tea with medicinal qualities. The book emphasises the importance of soil, fertilsers, farming practices, bio-dynamic composting and plant protection of tea. Nevertheless, the publication analysis the taste of various organic products and pruning in tea science, prevention of environmental pollution, conservation of eco-system, efficient management of tea garden and development issues/major highlights spanning fifteen decades. Further, major issues addressed by the various tea associations (producers/traders) through their general annual meeting/conference held from time to time, areas of concern to the tea industry have been dealt with. Economics of Kangra tea industry, focusing of cost of cultivation, gross returns, net return, business income per hectare and per farm, break even analysis have been attempted. Small growers, which constitute the major share in total number, play a prominent role in tea industry. Their problems, probable solutions and policy prescriptions with reference to sample studies in Assam, Himachal Pradesh and North Bengal have been inked. The maiden attempt to publish this work should help not only the tea industry but also the academic world and other in this area. The book find out a ready solution to the current and emerging problems of tomorrow. Let the book speak (or whisper to their ears) for itself.