To maintain sustainability in tea cultivation, there is a need to implement novel ideas to ensure additional revenue generation, intensive land use and minimise the effect of fluctuation of green leaf price as well as price of processed tea. Crop diversification in tea provides an opportunity to achieve the desired goal under changing scenario. There is a possibility of growing some horticultural crops along with tea which is going to be a viable option for the growers of Assam. The Department of Tea Husbandry & Technology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat has been working on economic efficiency of tea based inter-crop at Experimental Garden for Plantation Crops for the benefit of tea growers. A few models are discussed below-
Scope, Crop Diversification, Tea, inter-crop, Assam
