Chattogram Bureau :
As a result of proper management, a record amount of 96.508 million kg of tea has been produced in 18 tea gardens and small scale tea gardens of the country in 2021. Which is 10.111 million kg more than last year. This year tea production has surpassed all past records. In addition to the tea plantations and small tea plantations in the northern region alone, a record amount of 14.54 million kg of tea has been added to the national production this year (2021); Which was 10.30 million kg last year.
This information has been known from Bangladesh Tea Board sources. Bangladesh Tea Board Chairman Major General. Ashraful Islam said that the overall activities of all the tea gardens in the country were normal under the direction of Hon’ble Prime Minister even in the cowardly situation. The government’s financial incentives, regular monitoring and counseling by the Ministry of Commerce and Bangladesh Tea Board, relentless efforts of garden owners and workers, timely distribution of fertilizers at subsidized prices, maintaining tea auction centers in compliance with health rules, ensuring wages, rations and healthcare Tea production has surpassed all records in the past.
He said that even in the Covid situation, this continuity of production shows that the capacity of the tea industry has greatly increased. According to the Chairman of the Tea Board, hands-on training of tea growers in the northern region through Camellia Open Sky School and provision of modern technology has resulted in 41 more tea plantations and small tea plantations this year as compared to last year (2020). Percentage more tea production has been possible. In 2020, the country produced 8.394 million kg of tea. In 2019, a record amount of 96.089 million kg of tea was produced in the country.
