Editor’s Note: To encourage the production of high-quality teas the Nepalese government initiated a program in 2018 to provide 50 percent subsidies to construct tea processing plants. Four small farmers’ cooperatives received $1.2 million last year to enhance their capabilities. Combined they process 60,000 metric tons of green tea leaves resulting in 12 metric tons of tea per day according to Purna Bahadur Karki, president of Small Tea Farmers Traders Association, Jhapa
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, Nepal The Tinjure Tea Farmer Co-operative factory was constructed 22 years after rural smallholders banded together to plant tea. Tinjure is part of the Central Tea Cooperative Federation of Nepal (CTCF). (Photo/Susma Bastola)Tinjure Tea Farmer Co-operative
Bhim Maya Tamang, with red scarf, and Khini Maya Tamang in blue sweater pluck Tinjure tea. (Photo/Susma Bastola)Impact@OriginAgriterra
