Nepal: 2022 Report on status of farmers and workers in the Tea industry | SAAPE

Tea is a major cash crop in Nepal. With plantation spread in 14 districts over 17,000 hectares, tea contributed to 4 per cent of total export from Nepal in 2020, which is around USD 34 million. Tea was the seventh major export from Nepal in 2020. Besides the consumption in Nepal, the made tea are exported to more than 30 countries [ . . .] Although smallholder farmers and workers
have a major contribution in production of tea leaves which serve as inputs for processing, they have, since history, been least compensated.
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Nepal Tea Report - Status of Smallholder Farmers and Workers in Tea Sector

by South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) | 2023