In order to carry out the research and development activities for the growth and well being of the Darjeeling tea industry, the Darjeeling Tea Research and Development Centre (DTRDC) was established in 1977 at Kurseong (26.90N, 88012'E, altitude 1240 m) with a research farm of 18 hectares attached to it. The major disciplines of DTRDC are: Farm Management (Botany and Agronomy), Soil Science, Biochemistry and Plant Protection. The research supporting sections include Library, Miniature Manufacturing Unit and an Agro-Meteorology observatory.
DTDRC
carries out and promotes research on all aspects
of tea cultivation with principal objectives
• to increase
productivity per unit area; • to increase
total production; • to improve
and maintain quality • to check
soil erosion and establishment of proper drainage
system • to act
as an efficient channel for transmission of new
research findings
to the fields.
The progress of the work of this centre is reviewed
periodically by an Advisory Committee which consists
of the senior representatives of the Darjeeling
Planters' Association, the Tea Research Association
(TRA), and the scientists of the Tea Board. The
Tea Research Liaison Committee of the Tea Board
also oversees progress of DTRDC. The administration
and financial control of DTRDC is in the hands
of the Tea Board of India. The pay and allowances
of the official attached to the centre are paid
from the cess budget of the Tea Board. DTRDC is
a recognized centre of North Bengal University
for Ph D degree. This centre also works in close
collaboration with national and international
institutes and with agricultural universities
on fundamental and applied aspects of research.
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address :-
Dr. N. Ghosh Hajra
Project Director
Tea Board of India
Darjeeling Tea Research and development Centre
A B Path, Kurseong, 734 203, India
Tel: 91 0354 2330287 / 2330218
Tele fax: 91 0354 2330218
E mail : [email protected]
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