More tea, please

Do you want an increase in Fine leaf count and plucking points? Would you like to increase yields by enhancing your tea plant’s nutritional capabilities - regardless of crop variety, soil or environmental conditions? Learn more about our new solution Novozymes Ratchet^®.

Meet the demand of a growing tea market

Although India is one of the largest producer of tea globally, they can only meet 75% of local demand. At the same time, the export is growing more than 5% every year. Other challenges include: declining tea prices and climate change. In this article, we look at the challenges that Indian tea producers face and how to keep pace with the growing tea market.

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Significant yield improvements

Ratchet^® has been tested across major Tea growing regions of North East (TRA) and Southern India (UPASI).

Ratchet^® sprayed at 60ml/ha has shown significant yield improvements of 9.9%-10.3% in the Assam region, 14%-17.9% under Dooars conditions, 13.5% in the Darjeeling region, 6.2%-19.7% in the Nilgiris, 9.7%-10.8% in the Annamalais, 17.5% in the High Ranges and 7.6% in Central Travancore. Significant decrease in Banjhi spell was observed throughout the period of the study.

_{Source: Final Research reports submitted to Novozymes by TRA and UPASI.}