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KARACHI, Dec 3 Asia Pulse - Commercial production of tea will start from 2004 as tea cultivation in the North West Frontier Pakistan (NWFP) picks up, following initial success of trial production undertaken by a multinational company.
A 159-acre of land has been earmarked in the NWFP for tea cultivation, while tea processing plant has already been set up. Director Beverages, Lever Brothers, Naeem Khokar, told reporters that his company produced two to three tons of tea this year.
Currently, tea production has been suspended as the planting season is restricted by weather conditions to a few short months. He said the process required extreme care and swift transfer of thousands of nursery plants to the fields and quick re-filling of the nursery for future plantation. Lever Brothers is currently producing nearly a million cuttings annually.
The total area under cultivation - 159 acres - is expected to rise to 360 ...
Source: HighBeam Research, TEA CULTIVATION PICKS UP IN NORTH WEST FRONTIER PAKISTAN.