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Islamabad, July 20 (Online): Pakistan has great potential in producing both black and green tea, says Chairman, PARCM Dr. Muhammad Azeem Khan. He further said that NTHRI is working successfully in genetic improvement in tea germplasm and standardization of nutritional requirements of tea and other high value crops and tea plantation also maintains an ecological balance.
The Chairman further added that tea is one of the most important non-alcoholic beverage drinks worldwide and has been gaining further popularity as an important health drink in view of its medicinal value.
According to FAO stats of 2017, China is the leading producer of tea in the world at 2,473,443 tonnes annually while Pakistan is much behind in this race as it is an importer of tea. The high import bill of tea for a developing country like Pakistan has become a great problem; therefore the Government of Pakistan established National Tea Research Station, PARC Shinkiari, Mansehra in 1986 which was later reorganized as National Tea & High Value Crops Research Institute during 2013
NTHRI comprises of a Tea Garden Area under high value crops, Tea Nursery and the Tea Processing Units and working for obtaining production of fresh tea leaves and carrying out Research activities on the various aspects of tea cultivation and management.
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