CCP: TE 99/9





COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS

INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP ON TEA

Thirteenth Session

Ottawa, Canada, 27-29 September 1999

PROJECT PROFILES FOR CONSIDERATION BY
THE GROUP FOR SUBMISSION TO THE
COMMON FUND FOR COMMODITIES

 

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION

1. This document provides a compilation of project profiles submitted by various countries, for consideration by the Group for submission to the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) for funding. As the current tea project sponsored by the Group, A Programme to Create an Increased Demand for Tea and Generic Promotion, is ending this year, it is prudent that the Group consider other proposals for submission to the Fund.

2. The objectives of the proposals satisfy the statement of priorities submitted by the Group to the CFC as containing the major areas of activities considered important to the Group.

3. The Group is invited to review these profiles and any others that may be submitted between now and the Thirteenth Session in Ottawa from 27-29 September 1999, and make recommendations as to which projects should be developed further for submission to the CFC for funding consideration.

II. PROFILES

Project Profile 1

Name of Project: In Search of Reliable Reliable Parameters and Their Use as Objective Quality Indicators in Black Tea

Proposing Country: Kenya

Purpose and Objectives:

  1. This study hopes to help create more objective black tea quality assessment methods covering black tea of diverse background.
  2. It is hoped that the results will help producers modify processing technologies and/or agronomic practices to produce black teas of improved quality. Ultimately, it is hoped with reliable quality quantifying method(s) developed, black teas of higher quality can be produced resulting in improved earnings by the farmers and more consumer satisfaction.

Budget:

Item
Solvents and chemicals
Equipment (Two spectrophotometers, HPLC columns and GC column)
Data Handling
Consumables
Postage and correspondence
Travelling
Per Diem
Allowances for Scientists
Report writing
Administration of the project (10 percent costs)
Total

Cost
US$5 000
US$10 000
US$4 000
US$2 000
US$3 000
US$15 000
US$10 000
US$5 000
US$1 000
US$5 500
US$60 500

 

Project Profile 2

Name of Project: Development, Production and Promotion of Organic Tea in the World

Proposing Countries: China and India

Purpose and Objectives:

The purpose of the project is:

  1. To produce organic teas with. better quality and more benefits to human health, to prevent soil erosion and. reduce environmental pollution, as well as to increase tea farmers' income.
  2. To establish a fundamental organic and sustainable farming procedure and to develop a systematic technology of organic tea processing and storing for tea farmers through selected TRIs' research and development.
  3. To set up model organic tea farms, 500 ha in each selected tea-producing countries for extension of organic tea technologies.
  4. To increase world consumption on organic tea by promotion of the new products.
  5. To minimize environmental pollution through applying of ecologically and environmentally balanced organic farming practice.

With proper organic and sustainable farming practices the following should be accomplished:

Beneficiaries:

  1. World tea farmers will be benefited from the project as organic teas can be sold at higher price as compared to common teas.
  2. World tea consumers will be benefited from the project as organic tea with better quality and more benefits to human health.
  3. Tea producing countries will be benefited from the project, as environmental pollution will be decreased by use of organic farming practices.

Budget (US$):

Activities 1st year 2nd year 3rd year Total

Field experiments and laboratory analysis

 300 000 150 000 150 000 600 000
Model farm & organic certificates 200 000 100 000 300 000 500 000
Training & developmentcenter 500 000     500 000
Technical services to farmers 150 000 150 000 100 000 400 000
Publishing brochures & tape 100 000 160 000 100 000  
Promotion activities 200 000 200 000 200 000 600 000
International training & symposium   150 000 150 000 300 000
Others   50 000 50 000 100 000
Total 1 450 000 900 000 950 600 3 300 000

Project Profile 3

Name of Project: Studies on Development of Tea Machineries

Proposing Country: Sri Lanka

Purpose and Objectives:

  1. Procurement of existing plucking machines from Japan and other countries.
  2. Designing of new models of tea harvesters, mechanical pruning aids to suit the local conditions.
  3. To undertake commercial run of the machines and to develop patentable engineering technology towards commercial venture.

Budget:

CAPITAL
RECURRING

US$20 000
US$10 000