Small Tea Holders at a risk without manure
Small tea estate owners are at risk
The National Organizer of Small Tea Estate Owners Association Lal Premanath said that since the government could not find solutions for the scarcity of urea in the market, the small tea estate owners of more than 5 lakhs have become helpless.
76% of the market is contributed by the small tea estates and this share will go down to lower levels due to this issue.
He further explained that for a good harvest the plantation should be manured once in four months and if it fails the harvest will be reduced by 25-30%.
Due to the existing scarcity of Urea, the planters, the tea small holders in particular have not been able to manure their plantation for 6-7 months. So, this will affect the tea leave harvest in future.