TRIT Laboratory Leaflet
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- Jun 21, 2010
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The TRIT soil, plant and water analysis Laboratory was established at Ngwazi Tea Research Station in Mufindi, to meet the needs on soil, plant and water analyses of the Tea Industry and also to support other sectors across the agricultural sector in...
TRIT Cooperate Leaflet
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- Jun 21, 2010
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The Tea Research Institute of Tanzania (TRIT) was established in 1996 as an autonomous organisation representing the Government of Tanzania and the Tea industry. TRIT aims to support the development of both small and large-scale producers through...
TRIT Training Module 8 on Insect Pest and Disease Control in Tea
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- Jun 21, 2007
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This is the eighth of a series of Training Modules prepared by the Tea Research Institute of Tanzania (TRIT). The first was on Rehabilitation of abandoned Tea fields, the second on Fertilizer and manure, the third on Tea plucking and Quality...
Reforming Tanzania’s tea sector: a story of success?
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- Jun 21, 2007
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Tea, one of Tanzania's major export crops, contributes about $30 million to the country’s export earnings and provides employment to some 50 000 families. Despite the sector's early success, nationalisation of two estates along with neglect of the...
An Overview of Tea Research in Tanzania – With Special Reference to the Southern Highlands
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- Jun 21, 2000
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The first experimental tea in Tanzania was planted in 1904 by German settlers at the Agricultural Research Station in Amani in the Usambara mountains, and at Kyimbila Mission in the Rungwe district in the Southern Highlands. Commercial tea...