Tea in Vietnam

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dc.contributor.author Dasgupta, R.
dc.contributor.editor Jain, N.K.
dc.date.accessioned 2008-12-12T13:19:50Z
dc.date.available 2008-12-12T13:19:50Z
dc.date.issued 2007
dc.description This item was scanned with a HP 4850 Scanjet at 300 dpi and consists of 2 pages. en
dc.description.abstract Tea has been grown in Vietnam for over 2,000 years and the custom of tea drinking has been handed down from generation to generation. At the end of the 19th century the French colonial power set up the first tea plantation in order to commercialize tea in Vietnam. Large scale commercialization started in 1918 after the creation of the Union of Vietnam Tea Farming-lndustry. During the French War (1 945 -1 954), the tea market collapsed, and most tea plantations were abandoned, until 1960 to 1970, when there was a strong revival. During this period area under tea increased by 14,330 hectares. The implementation of" doi moi" ( open door policy of the government) added to the surge of revival. Between 1990 and 2003 tea production, yield and area increased at average annual rates of 7, 3.5, 3.1 percent, respectively. Despite this growth, the average yield remains relatively low at 0.95 ton made tea /hectare, compared to India at 1.8 ton & Kenya at 2.2 ton. In 2003 the tea industry, which depended on Inter-governmental trade with lraq, suffered due to the lraq war. en
dc.identifier.citation Dasgupta, R, 2007 'Tea in Vietnam', International Journal of Tea Science, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 19-20. en
dc.identifier.issn 0972-544X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8397
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher International Society of Tea Science (ISTS) en
dc.rights International Society of Tea Science (ISTS) en
dc.subject Camellia sinensis en
dc.subject.lcsh Tea -- Vietnam en
dc.subject.lcsh Tea trade -- Vietnam -- History en
dc.title Tea in Vietnam en
dc.type Article en


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