02244nam a22002057a 4500999001700000020001800017041000800035082002500043100002600068245009900094260003600193300002700229504004100256520148300297650002901780650004201809650003601851942001201887952013901899  c39707d39707  a9783031518119  aeng  a338.173720954bHAN-S  aHannan, Abduleauthor  aThe smallholder tea economy and regional development :bPerspective from India /cAbdul Hannan  aSwitzerland :bSpringer,c2024.  axxiv, 160p.bHardcover  aIncludes bibliographical references.  aThis book discusses the smallholder tea economy and regional development opportunities in India. It first gives a conceptual overview of Plantations and Smallholders in the Tea Economy including some comparisons and examples from Smallholders tea development in Afro-Asian countries like Sri Lanka, Kenya, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia. The spatiotemporal analysis of the growth and development of smallholders in India and its tea producing states is then analyzed in more detail with highlights on the production, tea area, estimated employment, livelihood pattern, and market structure in relation to government policies and programmes. Two major tea producing states of India, i.e., Assam and West Bengal are then discussed in more detail (farm size, land relations, and trade relations between Bought Leaf Factories and Smallholders in both the states along with some bottom-up development initiatives). In these regions, smallholders have emerged as sizable presences in the tea industry in 1990s. In a next step, the growth of Industrial Development Cooperative (INDCO) Tea Factories in Nilgiris of Tamil Nadu in the Post-Reform period is analyzed. The introduction and growth of SHG model in plantations by Tea Board in India and their success stories, as well as the policies like Tea Marketing Control Order, 2003 and 2015 are examined and analyzed. The book concludes with the policy suggestions and an in-depth analysis of alternatives to overcome the current crisis.  aRural developmentzIndia  aSmall farmsvEconomic aspects zIndia  aAgriculturevCooperativezIndia  2ddccBK  00104070aNASSDOCbNASSDOCd2024-12-02eGratisg0.00iNAl0o338.173720954 HAN-Sp54802r2025-05-09 00:00:00v139.99w2024-12-02yBK