In Assam, tea planters believe that recent years have seen a negative impact from climate change and global warming. Climate has a significant impact on tea plantations. Assam's tea plantations have suffered in recent years as a result of climate change and global warming.
Tea plantations are finding it difficult to thrive without irrigation because the problem has gotten so bad. Climate change is a common theme among the top five challenges facing the Assamese tea industry.
Technology-Driven Irrigation & Fertigation
At Golaghat, the North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) Tea Academy recently held a two-day session on the topic of "Importance of Technology driven irrigation & fertigation in Tea." The workshop's keynote speaker, Dr. P. Soman of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., a global agronomist, and expert in plant physiology, went into great detail about "how advances in agronomy aid micro irrigation technology to boost crop performance."
The significance of high-tech hydropneumatic pumps was discussed by Vinay Radhakrishnan, a technical expert from Grundfos pumps. Piyush Gattani, CEO of MD's Organic (a distributor for Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.), demonstrated the cost economics of installing drip irrigation with fertigation and automation in tea.
Senior tea planter from West Bengal, Shiv Saria, spoke about the advantages of using micro irrigation in tea plantations and his extensive expertise in the field. A field trip was made to Karbi Anglong, where Jain Irrigation Systems successfully installed drip irrigation with fertilization and automation in a tea plantation covering about 100 Hectares for the first time in India.
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master, it was rightly said. Electronic devices have grown into an inevitable part of our daily lives.
