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4 Asian Tea Cultivation Sites
January 6 , 2021
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- The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has named 4 Asian Tea Cultivation Sites across three countries as the Globally Important Agricultural Sites (GIAHS).
- These are:
- Pu’er Traditional Tea Agrosystem in Yunnan province at China
- Traditional Tree Grass system - Japan
- Fuzhou Jasmine tea site - China
- Traditional Hadong Tea Agrosystem - South Korea
- The Yunnan province in China is considered as the World’s origin for tea.
- China is the World’s largest tea producer while India is the 2nd.
- In India, tea cultivation was introduced only by the British I 19th century.
- Tea is produced in the states of Assam, West Bengal and Kerala among others in India.
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