1.9.3.4. Tea

Tea is a plantation crop used as beverage. It is grown over undulating topography of hilly areas and well drained soils in humid and sub-humid tropics and sub-tropics. The ideal temperature for growth is 20°C – 30°C and rainfall around 150-300cm. In India, tea plantation is done in Brahmaputra valley of Assam, sub-Himalayan region of West Bengal (Darjiling, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Bihar districts) and lower slopes of Nilgiris and Cardamom hills of Western Ghats.