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Article: Tea, coffee production goes up in Nepal
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- August 21, 2005
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Tea, coffee production goes up in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Tea and coffee production rose
during last fiscal year (July 16, 2004 to July 15, 2005) in Nepal, an
official at the National Tea and Coffee Development Board ( NTCDB)
said here Sunday.
"The country that feels the dire need to promote cash crops to
boost its agro-based economy saw a modest growth of 7.75 percent in
tea production, while production of coffee soared by 58 percent in
last fiscal year," Krishna Prasad Dhakal, executive director of
NTCDB, a semi-governmental organization, told reporters.
The tea production for 2004/05 totaled to 12.5 million kg, up from
11.6 million kg recorded a year earlier, Dhakal ...