Abstract
Small Tea Industry is a significant part of tea industry. It is a rural based agro industry. Assam is the pioneer of producing tea and known as the ‘Garden of tea world’. Small Tea Growers (STGs) constitute an integral part of tea industry. The STGs covered 2.5 lakh hectares of land in India. Tea Board of India defines the Small Tea Growers holding area up to 10.12 hectares. Small Tea Growers contribute 25 per cent of total tea production of Assam, which is 500 million kg per year. The STGs of Sivasagar district play initiative role in tea production. Sivasagar alone has 10116 Small Tea Growers out of 1.2 lakh in the state. This study is based on primary data collected from 100 respondents of Sivasagar District by using purposive sampling method. We will highlight the Small Tea Growers socio-economic condition, various problems of Small Tea Growers.
Highlights
The tea is a significant part of Indian agricultural system
Production of Small Tea Growers of Assam is estimated at 220168 tones (2013) which is around 35 per cent of the total tea production of Assam. (Barbora 2014:181) Small Tea Growers contributes 35 per cent of the total tea production
The abundance of uplands, availability of proven agro-technologically skilled labour, established and assured green leaf market, advantages of a long-term plantation crop is comparison to the other seasonal agricultural crops, blessings of suitable soil, climate were some of the factors that encouraged the small and marginal farmers as well as the unemployed to take up tea plantation
Summary
The tea is a significant part of Indian agricultural system. India is the world‟s largest producer, consumer and exporter of tea. The abundance of uplands, availability of proven agro-technologically skilled labour, established and assured green leaf market, advantages of a long-term plantation crop is comparison to the other seasonal agricultural crops, blessings of suitable soil, climate were some of the factors that encouraged the small and marginal farmers as well as the unemployed to take up tea plantation. The growth of this sector was phenomenal as it assumed a form of a socio-economic revolution within a short period and served as a vehicle of social transformation in the state. It led to the establishment of a large number of tea factories in small-scale industrial sector, which opened up employment opportunities in the tea estate. (Neog, 2009:13)
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