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A Study of Organic Tea Cultivation: a Case Study of Sankhejung Vdc, Ilam District, Nepal A STUDY OF ORGANIC TEA CULTIVATION: A CASE STUDY OF SANKHEJUNG VDC, ILAM DISTRICT, NEPAL A Thesis Submitted to Central Department of Rural Development Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Rural Development Submitted by ICHCHHA RAM ACHARYA Exam Roll No. : 281007 Regd. No.: 7-1-1-703-2001 Central Department of Rural Development Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur Kathmandu, Nepal February, 2017 1 DECLARATION I hereby declare that the thesis entitled A Study of Organic Tea Cultivation : A Case Study of Sankhejung VDC of Ilam District submitted to the Central Department of Rural Development, Tribhuvan University is entirely my original work prepared under the guidance and supervisor of my supervisor. I have made due acknowledgement to all ideas and information borrowed from different sources in the course of preparing this thesis. The result of this thesis have not been presented or submitted anywhere else for the award of any degree or for any other purpose. I assure that no part of the content of this thesis has been published in any from before. Ichchha Ram Acharya TU Reg. No: 7-1-1-703-2001 Date: i RECOMMENDATION LETTER This thesis entitled A Study of Organic Tea Cultivation: A Case Study of Sankhejung VDC of Ilam District has been prepared by Mr. Ichchha Ram Acharya under my guidance and supervision. I hereby forward this thesis to the evaluation committee for final evaluation and approval. ............................... Mr. Subhash Jha Supervisor Date: ii APPROVAL SHEET This thesis entitled A Study of Organic Tea Cultivation: A Case Study of Sankhejung VDC of Ilam District submitted by Ichchha Ram Acharya in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master’s Degree (MA) in Rural Development has been approved by the evaluation committee. Evaluation Committee …………………............ Prof. Dr. Prem Sharma Head of the Central Department …………………………………… External Examiner ……………………… Mr. Subhash Jha Supervisor Date: ......................... iii ACKNOWELDGEMENTS While preparing this thesis A Study of Organic Tea Cultivation: A Case Study of Sankhejung VDC of Ilam District. I have received many suggestion, guidance and encouragement from respect teacher, friends and other specialist who also have been the source of inspiration to me first time of all, I wish my express and sincere gratitude to my thesis Supervisor Subhash Jha for his valuable suggestion in depth guidance, co-operation and continuous supervision throughout research study. I would like to appreciate different organization, institution all the respondents of all those known/unknown individuals who helped me in this matter. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my respect mother Yam Kumari Acharya. I am obliged to my niece Punam Acharya, nephew Pujan and Pranish Acharya. My respected teacher and supervisor Mr. Subhash Jha, Head of Department of Rural Development Prof. Dr. Prem Sharma, all faculty members and my respected friends Bharat Neupane, Tirtha Neupane, Puskar Budha and helps in every step of my higher study upto this level. Finally, I am really indebted to my inspire person Tanka Dahal and other guidance person. I would like to thanks for financial support of my family. Ichchha Ram Acharya iv ABSTRACT This study entitled A Study of Organic Tea Cultivation: A Case Study of Sankhejung VDC of Ilam District. This study has been based on both primary and secondary and qualitative as well as quantitative data. This study has followed exploratory and descriptive research design. The primary data have been collected from Sankhejung VDC of Ilam district and secondary data have been used in the background of the study and setting of the study area to know the impact of organic tea cultivation of district. This study has been done to find out the impact, present situation and problems faced by tea farmers. From the Ilam district was selected purposively. 140 hhs were found tea farmers among them 50 hhs were taken by using simple random sampling method under the probability sampling. The data have been collected systematically. The data were analyzed in two ways descriptive and analytical. Ms Excel program was used for analysis purpose. Diagram and graphs are used for the presentation of data in this study. This study has found that most of the organic tea farmers are interested to organic tea cultivation, many farmers has been attracted toward tea cultivation in the study area, tea growers and production has been increasing. In this study area out of 50 hhs 40 percentage households have 0-10 ha. land, 26 percentage households have 10-20 ha., 20 percentage have 20-30 ha., 10 percentage have 30-40 ha. and 4 percentage households have 40-50 ha. land. The study in this thesis farmers are facing many kinds of problems like was economic, marketing and transportation etc. Also, they are facing lots of challenges in tea garden. Desertification, soil erosion, landslide, flood are main challenges in the cultivated area. In this study area farmers are interviewed in tea farming, they are trying to solve the problems but that's not enough so in this situation it we provide to technical knowledge, financial support, training etc. Its helps to improve their life style as well can play important role for the economic development for our country. v TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page No. Declaration i Recommendation Letter ii Approval Sheet iii Acknowledgements iv Abstract v Table of Contents vi List of Tables ix List of Figures x Acronyms/Abbreviation xi CHAPTER- I INTRODUCTION 1-6 1.1 Background of the Study 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem 3 1.3 Objectives of the Study 4 1.4 Significance of the Study 5 1.5 Organization of Chapters 6 CHAPTER- II LITERATURE REVIEW 7-14 2.1 Some Related Literature Review 7 CHAPTER- III RESEARCH METHODOLODGY 15-17 3.1 Introduction of the Study Area 15 3.2 Research Design 15 3.3 Nature and Sources of Data 15 3.4 Universe and Sample Size of the Study 15 3.5 Techniques and tools of Data Collection 16 3.5.1 Questionnaire Survey 16 3.5.2 Key Informant Interviews 16 vi 3.5.3 Focus Group Discussion 16 3.6 Field Observation 16 3.7 Methods of data Analysis 17 CHAPTER-IV DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY AREA 18-24 4.1 Brief introduction of Sangrila Tea Farmers Co-operative Association 18 4.1.1 Tea Development 20 4.1.2 Essential Condition for Tea Cultivation 20 4.2 Tea Production in Nepal 21 4.2.1 Tea Production Sectors 21 4.2.2 Tea Plantation and Production in Nepal (2010/2011) 22 4.2.3 Orthodox and CTC Tea Plantation Area and Production in Nepal 23 CHAPTER - V DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION 25-45 5.1 Household Information 25 5.2 Analysis and Percent Production Practice 25 5.2.1 Respondents by Age Group 25 5.2.2 Respondents by Marital Status 26 5.2.3 Education Status by Age Group 26 5.2.4 Cultivated Area with Farmers 27 5.2.5 Tea Cultivated Area 28 5.2.6 Suitable Place for Tea Plant 29 5.2.7 Start Cutting of Tea Plant 30 5.2.8 Profit from Organic Tea in Per Month 31 5.2.9 Expenditure from the Source of Organic Tea Cultivation 31 5.2.10 Working in Garden Per Day 32 5.2.11 Types of Working in Organic Tea Garden 33 5.2.12 How Long Working in Tea Garden 34 5.2.13 Another Supporting Source of Livelihood 35 5.2.14 Satisfaction from Selling Price 36 5.2.15 Own Land with Organic Tea Farmers 37 vii 5.3 Problem and Challenges 38 5.3.1 Facing the Difficulties on Organic Tea Cultivation 38 5.3.2 Organic Tea useful for Health 39 5.3.3 Related Organic Tea Farming with Environment 39 5.3.4 Facing the Problems in Organic Tea Production 40 5.3.5 Main challenges in Organic Tea Production 41 5.3.6 Problems in Organic Tea Marketing 42 5.3.7 Main Challenges in Organic Tea Marketing 43 5.3.8 Expectation from Government 44 CHAPTER- VI SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 46-50 6.1 Summary 46 6.2 Conclusions 47 6.3 Recommendations 48 REFERENCE ANNEXES viii LIST OF TABLES Title Page No. 4.1 Tea Plantation and Production in Nepal (2010/2011) 23 4.2 Orthodox and CTC Tea Plantation Area and Production in Nepal 24 5.1 Respondents by Age Group 25 5.2 Respondents by Marital Status 26 5.3 Education Status by Age Group 26 5.4 Cultivated Area with Farmers 27 5.5 Tea Cultivated Area 28 5.6 Suitable Place for Tea Plant 29 5.7 Start Cutting of Tea Plant 30 5.8 Profit from Organic Tea in Per Month 31 5.9 Expenditure from the Source of Organic Tea Cultivation 31 5.10 Working in Garden Per Day 32 5.11 Types of Working in Organic Tea Garden 33 5.12 How Long Working in Tea Garden 34 5.13 Another Supporting Source of Livelihood 35 5.14 Satisfaction from Selling Price 36 5.15 Own Land with Organic Tea Farmers 37 5.16 Facing the Difficulties on Organic Tea Cultivation 38 5.17 Organic Tea useful for Health 39 5.18 Related Organic Tea Farming with Environment 39 5.19 Facing the Problems in Organic Tea Production 40 5.20 Main challenges in Organic Tea Production 41 5.21 Problems in Organic Tea Marketing 42 5.22 Main Challenges in Organic Tea Marketing 43 5.23 Expectation from Government 44 ix LIST OF FIGURES Title Page No.
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