Assam tea industry predicts crop loss of 40% due to drought
Assam tea industry predicts crop loss of 40% due to drought By IANS | 0 Views Nagaon: A plantation worker busy plucking tea leaves at a tea garden in Assam's Nagaon on June 10, 2019. . Image Source: IANS News Guwahati, May 19 : While the Covid-induced economic distress struck all sectors, the Assam tea industry also apprehends that the prolonged drought-like situation might cause a crop deficit from January to May this year amounting to about 40 per cent, over the same period in 2019. North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) adviser Bidyananda Barkakoty, citing a recent study, said t...
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