Abstract

With the second-largest producer and the highest consumer in the world, tea is one of the most important beverage crops in India. Considering the importance of tea industry to India’s national economy, a trend analysis of tea cultivation has been done here. Using data on the acreage, production, and productivity of tea in India from 1960 to 2021, and following a non-parametric approach Modified Mann-Kendall test has been used to detect the trend in the data. Addition to this, Sen’s slope estimator and innovative trend analysis have been performed to analyze the magnitude of trend whereas the Pettitt Mann-Whitney test has been used to detect the single change point. The findings of tests revealed that the area, production and productivity of tea in India have significantly increasing trend over the years.

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