Wednesday, October 19, 2011

India: Lack of sunlight and lack of daytime warmth hurts tea production; CO2 blamed

Climate Change Threatens Tea Production In India | GroundReport
The decline on the yield has been attributed to erratic rainfall and inclement weather conditions. The ideal weather condition for a tea crop is rainfall at night and warm weather condition during the daytime. However, for past decade, incessant rainfall has deprived the crops of sufficient sunlight and a warm temperature during the day time in summer.

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