TEA CULTIVATION IN SRI LANKA .

 

        Sri Lanka is famous for tea throughout the world. There is a great demand for our tea in the world market. The tea plantation industry is very important to Sri Lanka because the export of tea earns 60% of our foreign exchange. Tea cultivation in Sri Lanka was started in 1870 during the British area. 📌

        Tea grows well in the hill country. It grows well on wet slopes. It needs plenty of rain. It also needs a lot of sunshine. There are thousands of acres of land under tea cultivation in Sn Lanka. Large tea estates can,

🔹Nuwaraeliya 

🔹Badulla 

🔹Kandy

🔹Kegalle

🔹Ratnapura  

districts.

        We produce a large quantity of tea every year. The government has taken several steps to develop the tea plantation industry in Sri Lanka. We export tea to countries in the Middle East and Britain and Australia. Our Tea Research Institute is situated in Lindula, Thalawakele. Tea is our biggest foreign exchange earner.