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Hit by delayed first flush, tea growers worried about later harvests

The first flush, the most lucrative of four harvests, had almost halved because of the winter drought. But farmers are hopeful that prices will be high this year too like last year. Hit by delayed first flush, tea growers worried about later harvests
A worker uses a machine to pick tea leaves at a plantation in Jhapa.  POST FILE PHOTO
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Krishana Prasain & Biplav Bhattarai
Published at : April 25, 2021
Updated at : April 26, 2021 09:22
Kathmandu & Ilam

Krishana Prasain

Krishana Prasain is a business reporter for The Kathmandu Post covering markets. Before joining The Kathmandu Post in 2018, she spent 3 years in New Business Age magazine covering business.

Biplav Bhattarai

Biplav Bhattarai is the Ilam correspondent for Kantipur Publications.


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