Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has announced that beginning next year, it will provide free tea plants to any grower who wishes to start a tea plantation, in an effort to boost the sector's growth. Plantations Minister Ramesh Pathirana reportedly told a media briefing that because tea bushes take nearly four years to produce a yield, growers are often discouraged from participating in the tea industry.
"Growers have expressed interest in cultivating tea using the new system. Within the next three years, using this plantation method, it will be possible to make a revolutionary change in the tea industry "According to the Minister. He stated that tea should be grown on new, fertile land, that tea plants will be provided free of charge, and that financial assistance for land preparation will be available beginning next year to encourage tea planting.
We must now employ new approaches. We should concentrate on tea plucking machines rather than manual tea plucking. "Tea plantations in many countries around the world are adopting such new technologies," Pathirana said. "When we move to new plantation methods, we hope to use the barren lands that are not currently used for tea planting." From the beginning of next year, steps will be taken to implement this project," he added.
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