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Tea :

• Tea is a crop produced in tropical humid and subtropical humid climate.

150 cm summer rain and 21^0 C- 270 C daily temperature are needed for

its cultivation.

• Tea is cultivated often on the hill slopes so that there is no water logging

in its roots.

• It is a plantation crop. Its leaves are to be plucked several times in year,

so availability of cheap labour is essential for its cultivation.

• India is the largest producer and consumer of tea in the world. Here,

28% tea of the world is produced.

• Tea producing regions in India :


• North-East India -75%


• South India -20%


• Western Himalayan Area.


• Of India states, Assam ranks first in the tea cultivation area and its

production, followed by West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.