Assessing and reducing the environmental impact of tea cultivation

Assessing and reducing the environmental impact of tea cultivationTea is one of the most popular beverages in the world. Consequently it has become an important plantation crop in many countries. As a perennial crop occupying a large proportion of arable land, assessing its environmental impact would benefit the economy of tea growing countries immensely. This chapter reviews the impact of the tea industry on the environment and human activity. It covers the life cycle assessment methodology tailored to tea

thus helping to mitigate climate risk in agricultural systems and contributing to enhanced and more sustainable crop and livestock production

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As most current cultivars and landraces have at least one deficiency such as particularly disease susceptibility

and their differing epidemiology poses a challenge for their management and control worldwide

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