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Item Organic Tea farming in Ilam(Department of Rural Development, 2019-03) Rai, Subh KalaTea is the most popular beverage consumed all over the world because of its refreshing effects and known benefits to human health due to its potential pharmacological properties such as anti-oxidative, anti-tumor and anti-carcinogenic activities. Tea is a high profitable crop that provides a benefit to hillside farmers in terms of financial support which helps to balances the economy. Nepal is one of the good tea producing and exporting country, Nepal has a century old history in tea farming initiated with the establishment of Ilam Tea Estate in the hills of Ilam district 1863 (1920 B.S) during the reign of Jung Bahadur Rana. Tea is taken as self-dependent cash crop in agro forestry practice. This study is based on organic tea farming in Ilam, a district in the Eastern Development Region.The objectives of the study were to identify the issues of organic tea farming, differentiate between organic tea farming and non-organic tea farming and analyze the status of tea cultivation in the study area. According to National Population Census and Household Census (2011) there are 962 household in ward no: 9 of the Suryodaya Municipality. Among them 74 households were involved inorganic tea farming and 560 households were involved in non-organic tea farming.Among them, 20 households were selected for the study of organic tea farming.Similarly, 30 households of non-organic tea farming were selected for the study.For this study convenience sampling methods was applied(non-probability sampling). Two types of data were collected; primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected through field survey by applying Interview and KII methods. Interview was applied to find out the status of tea farming cultivation and to analyze the differences between organic tea and non-organic tea farming and KII was applied to analyze existing issues in organic tea farming in the study area.This study is based more on qualitative data than quantitative data and nature. Janajati were the majority group of both organic and non-organic tea farming,literacy rate was quite satisfying with around 97% in both farming system and occupation status was also more or less similar; above70% people were involving in agriculture sector. Tea cultivation practice included;preparation of land, nursery,plantation, mulching, de centering, de-budding, pruning, tipping and finally plucking round. Organic tea farming is newly growing farming system in Ilam, it has some criteria to be different from non-organic tea. Organic tea farming and non-organic tea farming is different farming practice. Such as differences in selection of site firstly, difference in manuring system, likewise difference in plucking system, quality and price rate is also different, other difference between two farming are organic tea farming has recording system, inspection system, must be a member of organic certified cooperatives and reward and punishment system but these things are not applied in non-organic.Despite the huge possibilities of tea in terms of financial support some issues were found there such as shortage of labor and organic pest,heavy tax on tea, no tea oxoncentre, small market size, shortage of labors, lack of organic pest.Item Status of Tea Farming in Nepal(Department of Rural Development, 2011) Poudyal, Rama DeviNepal is a land locked country surrounded by the People Republic of china in the North and by India in the East West and South. Geographically,Nepal is divided into three broad areas, the Mountain, the Hill and Terai. The total area of the country is 147181 sq. Kilometers but only 18 percent of its area of cultivated. Nepal has a long history of tea cultivation, initiated with the establishment of Ilam Tea Estate in the Hills of Ilam, District 1920 B.S. It is believed that tea plantation in Nepal started with in the same decade, when was introduced in Darjeeling hills of India. First tea plantation at private tea sector in Terai was established in 1959 and was with the name of Budhakaran Tea Estate. Nepal Tea Development Corporation was established in 1966 by then His Majesty’s Government. This study has attempted to trace out the existing tea farming problem and sorts of obstacles and problems are faced by tea industry in Nepal. For the fulfillment of these problems, the objectives were made to study the trend of Tea production in Nepal, to study the present condition of Tea marketing and to state the present Tea farming scenario of Nepal. For the fulfillment of the above objectives the purposeful methodology has been followed i.e. secondary sources of data collected from Tea-A-Tea (Yearly Souvenir), Tea-coffee (yearly Souvenir) from NTCDB, Trade and export promotion centre (Magazines), International trade centre (Magazines), different journals and articles written by researchers and pervious research work (published -Unpublished were used to find out findings. To interpret the available data and find out the meaningful purposes, tables, percentage, bar diagram etc. were used. Tea plantation has a successful history in Nepal, mostly in the eastern hills of Nepal. The trend of plantation is rapidly growing and the entire Tea grower is optimistic regarding the bright future of eastern hilly Tea. This study concluded that the plantation of tea increasing every year. Total the plantation area were 16718 hectors in 2009/2010. Jhapa, Ilam, panchathar, Dhankuta and Terathum are the main tea plantation districts in Nepal Tea cultivation area under private sector and smallholders show positive sigh for plantation of Tea and build up awareness on plantation of tea to the people. the tea plantation and production per hector is gradually increased in Nepal . This study also found that the small tea producer productivity rate is higher than has high position in the Tea plantation and production than small farmers sectors in the fiscal year 2009/2010. Nepalese Tea market is unscientific, organized and limited. It's needed that establishment of well organized market to provide real return to the nation and to promote the quantity and quality. This study recommended that government should provide high priority to tea farming in Nepal by marking special plans and policies regarding to tea developing area of Nepal government should provide the facilities of transportation by building sub-agricultural tracks, enhance use of fertilizer, medicine, industrial equipments and irrigation facilities extended in the tea growing area for tea producer. Government should provide proper marketing network and institutions established so that the fluctuation of price would be controlled. Academic curriculum must be made to generate manpower in the field of tea production, plantation and marketing