Tea Industry : A Road Map Ahead
Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. An overview of tea industry: 1. Nomenclature, classification, botany and processing technology of tea; origin of tea leaf and role of tea in India and world. 2. Facets and growth of tea industry during 1850 to 2007. 3. Primary marketing and product diversification of tea. 4. Agro-technology, health aspects of tea, and Chinese Pu\'er tea with miraculous functions. 5. Black tea, green tea, Oolong tea and others teas; green tea--world production, export, consumption, import etc. 6. Tea trends, export markets and competitiveness, constraints, remedial measures, research and development, Tenth Five Year Plan and development of small tea growers. II. Soil fertiliser, bio-dynamics, composting and plant protection of tea: 7. Integrated management of nutrients in tea soil. 8. Bio-organic farming in tea, principles of bio-organic fertiliser in tea. 9. Integrated management of plant protection in tea farming, pesticides in tea estate, applied measures to control tea pests--physical, cultural, biological, and herbal. 10. Organic management of tea gardens, bio-dynamics composting of tea cultivation, and trade remedies to WTO principles of free trade. 11. Liberalisation policy of the Indian tea companies and international matchmaking and business partnering, taste of organic products. 12. Aspects of orthodox tea in Darjeeling: some uniqueness, orthodox tea manufacture. III. Organic products, pruning tea science, little known facts of tea, environmental law, conservation of eco-system, efficient management practices etc.: 13. Taste for organic products and pruning tea sciences, little known facts of tea. 14. Environmental law, conservation of eco-system in tea industry, managing tea imports and tea a treasure in India etc. 15. Plants and planting, co-operative and bought leaf factory, supervisory management in tea gardens, development initiatives and major highlights, present tea scenario and tips of efficient management practices, and scientific problems of tea industry. IV. Redressal issues of tea industries, issues of tea industry in national and international perspectives, report of working group of tea industry: 16. Redressal issues of tea associations. 17. Issues of tea in international perspective. 18. Issues of tea in national perspective. 19. Madhukar Committee Report on problems in Tea Industry, package of relief measures and price stabilization funds. V. Case studies on tea industry: 20. Economics and marketing of Kangra tea, farm business analysis, break even analysis etc. 21. Himachal Pradesh tea industry: a revival package. 22. Small tea growers in Assam and North Bengal. Annexures. Bibliography.
"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." (jacket)
