The Challenges of Reform in Assam’s Struggling Tea Sector
Tea industry expert Harki Sidhu explains the realities of Assam’s struggling tea estates.... Continue Reading
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October 4, 2017
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External Evaluation of the UTZ Tea Program in Sri Lanka
The UTZ tea program in Sri Lanka first began in 2011, implemented by the Institute of Social Development with the support of Solidaridad, UTZ, Douwe Egberts Foundation and various institutions within the Sri Lankan tea sector. The purpose of this evaluation is to inform UTZ and other stakeholders about the outcomes of the UTZ tea […]
SAN/Rainforest Alliance Impacts Report 2015
In this first-ever SAN/Rainforest Alliance Impacts Report, we summarize the effects of SAN/Rainforest Alliance farmer training and certification through an exhaustive review of nearly two dozen scientific studies and the audit data from over 200 certified farms and farmer groups. After presenting a global snapshot of the scope and geographic distribution of certified farms, the […]
India’s Tea Estates
Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms use methods that protect the health of farmers, their livelihoods, their land and the surrounding waterways. Through our training and certification programs, we are promoting farming techniques designed to protect the land for future generations.
Through the pictures below, take a glimpse into the daily life of India's tea estates.
Photo credit: Charlie Watson
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Operationalizing Climate-Smart Tea Landscapes in Kericho, Kenya
In this paper, the authors develop an assessment tool to evaluate climate-smart landscape needs and opportunities in six key activity domains, then apply this tool in the agricultural landscape around Kericho, Kenya, an important tea-growing region where agriculture and ecosystem services are expected to be strongly affected by climate change.
Improving Practices, Changing Lives: An Analysis of Tea Certification Audit Reports from Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania
In 2007, a farm in Kenya became the first tea producer to achieve Rainforest Alliance certification. Today, more than 659,000 farms—covering just over two million acres (830,000 hectares) in 17 countries—produce Rainforest Alliance Certified tea. And with commitments from Unilever, Taylors of Harrogate, Tata Global Beverages, and other prominent tea companies to source only Rainforest […]