Organic push threatens tea growers in eastern hills

Many growers have stopped applying chemical fertiliser as part of the organic push but they are not getting the organic manure on time, which has been threatening their farm productivity.

Nepal's orthodox tea received its own trademark last September, 157 years after the country started growing it, and many growers were hopeful that the move would carve its niche in the international market. But the organic push has threatened growers.