Editorial

Abstract

The smallholder tea grower is a farmer who operates a micro sized tea plantation, averaging 0.4 hectares in Assam, Kenya and Sri Lanka, although by definition in India the small tea holding must be less than 10 hectares: it may be of any size in Sri Lanka as long it is operated by a private farmer but is subject to the ceiling limit of 50 acres (20 hectares). The small grower, as he is often called, is short on resources but not on resourcefulness.