Climate Change Threatens Tea Production In India-21 October 2011, Climate Himalaya

October 21, 2011 by Climate portal editor Leave a Comment

Ground Report: Production of tea in Assam – one of the world’s largest tea producing regions – is on a slow decline, thanks to changing climate in the Brahmaputra river basin. This has been revealed by Prof Chandan Mahanta, a leading scientist from Assam who has been studying climate change effect in the river basin for years.

Climate Change Threatens Tea Production In India

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