Darjeeling Revival Project
Darjeeling Revival Project
As 4th generation tea planters, we’ve witnessed the soul of Darjeeling’s tea industry come under siege. During the pandemic, we realised that this cherished region faces a two pronged existential crisis: market linked structural factors leading to producers/local communities facing heavy losses, and the escalating impacts of climate change—shorter harvests, droughts, forest fires, and soil degradation. Over the past decade, large estates have shut, land has been sold off, and the region’s biodiversity hangs in the balance.
As 4th generation tea planters, we’ve witnessed the soul of Darjeeling’s tea industry come under siege. During the pandemic, we realised that this cherished region faces a two pronged existential crisis: market linked structural factors leading to producers/local communities facing heavy losses, and the escalating impacts of climate change—shorter harvests, droughts, forest fires, and soil degradation. Over the past decade, large estates have shut, land has been sold off, and the region’s biodiversity hangs in the balance.
“The tea industry in Darjeeling has not yet recovered from the financial setback of the prolonged shutdown [strike] of 2017,”
“The tea industry in Darjeeling has not yet recovered from the financial setback of the prolonged shutdown [strike] of 2017,”
- India Tea Association
Tea industry passing through acute financial crisis: ITA status paper
Tea industry passing through acute financial crisis: ITA status paper
Business Standard • Oct 12, 2023
Business Standard • Oct 12, 2023
Three forest fires around Darjeeling - Eleven incidents reported in April, the highest in a decade
Three forest fires around Darjeeling - Eleven incidents reported in April, the highest in a decade
The Telegraph • April 26, 2014
The Telegraph • April 26, 2014
Darjeeling Revival Project
We designed the Darjeeling Revival Project (DRP) to focus on the heritage tea estates of Darjeeling.
We designed the Darjeeling Revival Project (DRP) to focus on the heritage tea estates of Darjeeling.
Phase 1 of the Darjeeling Revival Project was started on our family's tea estates, covering 2,000 hectares. At present, we are en route to scaling up to 500,000 hectares by 2030, focusing on the tea industry of Northeast India alone.
Phase 1 of the Darjeeling Revival Project was started on our family's tea estates, covering 2,000 hectares. At present, we are en route to scaling up to 500,000 hectares by 2030, focusing on the tea industry of Northeast India alone.
Our pilot results have been encouraging, and the initiative has already led to a 30-50% increase in crop yield, garnering excitement and support from our farm partners and nearby landowners alike.
Our pilot results have been encouraging, and the initiative has already led to a 30-50% increase in crop yield, garnering excitement and support from our farm partners and nearby landowners alike.
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Alt Carbon Tech Pvt. Ltd, 240/B, 3rd floor, A.J.C. Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India