Carbon sequestration in organic tea soils and its quantification; and Mitigation of greenhouse gases emission in organic tea fields compared to the conventional ones and its quantification. It has also been noted that TRI CAAS has taken up a project on “Tea safety and key standardization”, and that TRI CAAS might be requested to share the protocol of the on-going studies with the other tea research institutes for replicating the trials and quantification. The sustainability issues needed to be addressed fully before encouraging any one to join the organic movement for sustainability. WORKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN 1. Database Development Spatio-temporal data Biophysical (meteorological, soil, crop, management etc.) Socio-economic (demographic, costs, income etc.) (Data quality check, bridging missing data gaps, fairly good resolution for both spatial and temporal data for bio-physical database) 2. Impact Analysis –Methodology analysis Meteorological data Long term trends and comparison with long term normals Frequency of extreme events Crop data (production & quality) (Tea quality data on long term basis from the same area/cultivar– if available TF, TR to start with) Future scenarios development Using appropriate model or consortium of models (preferably 1km grid) Long term future climate (For IPCC, A1B scenario) Immediate future weather Socio-Economic analysis (Potential partners FAO –e.g. for Global Agro-ecological zones) 3. Work out interaction between Genotype (G) x Environment (E) x Management (M) which is the prime driver of productivity Test existing and emerging cultivars for future climate scenarios (in OTC to begin with) Use GIS to identify vulnerable regions and suitable areas 4. Identify adaptation strategies/Agronomic practices – via developing decision support system framework Combine surface, satellite and simulation data (model outputs) – nowcasts/ forecast and future climate scenarios Timelines: Points 1-3 – report by the next IGG on Tea meeting Reasonable progress on point No 4.
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Canada Ms Louise Roberge Tea Association of Canada China Zongmao Chen Professor Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences chenzm@mail.tricaas.com Wenyan Han Professor Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Zhi Lin Professor Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Cai Jun China Chamber of Commerce CFNA Qu Xinying China Chamber of Commerce CFNA India M.G.V.K. Bhanu Chairman Tea Board of India A.K. Barooah Tea Research Association of ak.b@rediffmail.com R.M. Bhagat R&D Coordinator Tea Research Association of India rmbhagat@tocklai.net India (Cont’d) C.S. Bedi Chairman Indian Tea Association Mr Biswajit Bera Tea Board of India Mr P.K. Bezboruah Managing Director Bokahola Tea Co. Ltd. and Addl. Vice-Chairman Tea Research Association of India Kumar Bhargava Managing Director APJ Group Adl Vice-Chairman Indian Tea Assn. Gangan Boriah Director Tea Board of India boriah01@gmail.com Ms Nandini Datta Deputy Director of Tea Promotion Tea Board of India Damodar Prasad Maheshwari Chairman Tea Research Assn of India P. Mohankumar Director UPASI Tea Research Institute of India drp.mohankumar@gmail.com N. Muraleedharan Director Tea Research Assn of India tratjorh@rediffmail.com India (Cont’d) Joydeep Phukan Secretary and Coordinator, FAO-IGG/Tea for India Tea Research Association of India
Arijit Raha Addl. Secretary Indian Tea Association Indonesia Rachmat Badruddin Chairman Indonesia Tea Japan Mr Takafumi Katsumata Japan New Business Council Naoyuki Hashimoto Member Japan Tea Exporters Assn. Japantea1953@yahoo.co.jp Kotaro Tanimoto Vice President Japan Tea Exporters Assn. Yumiko Serizawa Secretary Japan Tea Exporters’ Assn. Katsuyuki Yoshida NARO Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science Ms Sicily Kariuki Managing Director, Tea Board of Kenya and Vice-Chairperson of the IGG on Tea info@teaboard.or.ke David Kamau Soil Chemist Tea Research Foundation of Kenya Kenya (Cont’d) John K. Bore Horticulturist Tea Research Foundation of Kenya Peter N. Kibiku Tea Board of Kenya pkibiku@teaboard.or.ke Samuel Onyango Engineer Tea Board of Kenya Sri Lanka H.E. Jaliya Wickramasuriya Ambassador Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in the United States of America Ms Janaki Kuruppu Chairman Tea Board of Sri Lanka and Chairperson IGG on Tea I. Sarath B. Abeysinghe Director Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka isarathb@yahoo.co.uk Methmal Ariyasena Director Danduwangala Factory (Pvt) Ltd Hasitha de Alwis Director, Promotion Sri Lanka Tea Board Jayantha Keragala Chairman CTTA jayantha@impratea.lk Sri Lanka (Cont’d) Sudata Munasionghe Chief Executive Officer John PLC Lalith Obeysekere Chairman Ceylon Planters Association