Determinants of quality and quantity of tea of a tea unit

摘要

The health of a tea plantation and manufacturing unit virtually depends on its production of good quality tea. Quality not only determines the level of demand but the price of the produce in the market. So, it is imperative, employees of a tea unit-- labour, sardar, babu-staff and executives -- are serious of their responsibility and exert best effort, individually and collectively, to maintain uninterrupted production and quality as well. The object of this study is to throw light on the processof making improvement of quality and quantity of tea. Contextually it may be mentioned, quality and quantity of tea much depend on the plucking system. It has been found that the quantity of green leaf depends on seasonal factors and also rapid pluckingwithin the time period. From the available data in the graph presented by B. Banerjee (1993), it appears that the flush of green tea leaf is much available from the month of March to November. So, the necessity is application of proper technique of plucking. This will help a tea estate preventing fall in the collection of the quantity of green leaf. But at the same time, a definite relationship has to be maintained to improve the collection of green leaf. The relationships are shown below.