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INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP ON TEA TWENTIETH SESSION COLOMBO, SRI LANKA 30 JANUARY – 1 FEBRUARY 2012

PROPOSAL ON THE FORMATION OF A WORKING GROUP ON ORGANIC TEA CCP:TE 12/CRS 5. INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP ON TEA TWENTIETH SESSION COLOMBO, SRI LANKA 30 JANUARY – 1 FEBRUARY 2012. Background Working Group on Organic Tea Proposal Proposed terms of reference of the Working Group on Organic Tea

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INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP ON TEA TWENTIETH SESSION COLOMBO, SRI LANKA 30 JANUARY – 1 FEBRUARY 2012

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  1. PROPOSAL ON THE FORMATION OF A WORKING GROUP ON ORGANIC TEA CCP:TE 12/CRS 5 INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP ON TEATWENTIETH SESSIONCOLOMBO, SRI LANKA30 JANUARY – 1 FEBRUARY 2012

  2. Background Working Group on Organic Tea Proposal Proposed terms of reference of the Working Group on Organic Tea Conclusions introduction

  3. Organic principles: health, ecology, fairness, care. • Organic agriculture - fastest growing sector: • India produced 10 000 tonnes (2010); • China produced 71 000 tonnes (2009); and • Sri Lanka produced 1 000 tonnes (2010). BACKGROUND

  4. The CFC funded a project on organic tea in China and India. • Project’s objectives: • Identify markets and quantify demand for organic tea; • Develop appropriate marketing strategies for target markets; • Develop certification standards; and • Build capacity in production under good agricultural practices (GAP), good manufacturing practices (GMP) and certification. BACKGROUND (cont’d)

  5. Proposed at the intersessional meeting of the IGG/Tea (Mombasa, Kenya, July 2011) • Objectives: • Exchange information, including: • Developing and/or agreeing to GAP in production; and • Harmonizing certification. • Develop strategies in selecting tea varieties based on market demand and agronomic suitability Working Group on Organic tea Proposal (wgot)

  6. Generally agreed that the terms of reference should include: • Generation of market information for organic tea; • Technological requirements; and • Certification for smallholder, medium and estate tea production. • India identified to coordinate and collate information. Wgot proposal (cont’d)

  7. Proposed terms of reference: • Promote standardizing organic packages for cultivation of organic tea, stressing: • use of local inputs for nutrition; • preparation of formulations with scientific knowledge; and • application of such organic input packages inline with the organic principles. Wgot terms of reference

  8. Promote development of • National organic programmes; • Certification standardization; and • Granting of equivalency of standards to help exports; • Develop and extend technologies of organic tea production between the small and estate growers; Wgot terms of reference (cont’d)

  9. Generate market information on organic tea and develop marketing strategies; and Label and promote organic tea as a low carbon produce. Wgot terms of reference (cont’d)

  10. Delegates are requested to: • Endorse the WGOT; • Develop its terms of references; • Provide the Secretariat with the names of the focal points. points for action

  11. Encouraged by the results of the CFC Organic Tea project, China proposed the formation of the WGOT. Participants attending the Mombasa meeting in July 2011 agreed to its formation, in principle. Delegates attending this session required to endorse the proposal, develop the terms of reference and identify focal points. conclusion

  12. Thank you!

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