Perception of Tea Small Holders in Badulla District in Adopting Mix Crop Cultivation
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2012
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Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka
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Tea is a humid loving tree species, the growth of tea is negatively affected by strong light and high temperature (Ekanayake, 2003). There is a potential to supplement the shade with other tree species of economically important as the method of mix crop cultivation with tea (Jayasinghe, 1982). It is important to maintain adequate shade as well as to increase the unit land productivity. It was aimed to study the factors that affect the willingness of tea smallholders for adopting mix crop cultivation in tea small holdings in Badulla district.
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Tea Technology and value Addition, Tea process Engineering and factor Automation, Tea cultivator Development, Tea Technology