NTRF PUBLICATIONS

NTRF Publications

Results emanating from NTRF funded research projects at different institutions are collated and documented in NTRF annual scientific reports, minutes of the NTRF workshops and in booklets/brochures in specialized areas: The publications include :-

       I.      Annual Scientific Reports

18 Issues from 1996-97 to 2014-15

    II.      Proceedings

1.      1^st NTRF Workshop held on 16^th December 1996.

2.      2^nd NTRF Workshop held on 11^th April 2000.

3.      Seminar on Road map for Growth: “Product Diversification in tea” (jointly with Tea Board) held on March 2002.

4.      3^rd NTRF Workshop: “Tea Research – New Trend” held on 26^th April 2002.

5.      4^th NTRF Workshop: “Tea Research – A New Perspective” held on 30 April 2005.

6.      A decade and a half of NTRF – 1988 – 2003.

7.      5^th NTRF Workshop held on 26^th May 2007.

8.      6^th NTRF Workshop held on 13-14^th July 2009

9.      7^th NTRF Workshop on Tea and Health held on 6^th August, 2010

10.  8^th Workshop on Agro-aspects, Biochemical, Socio-economic & Tea Machineries” held on February 9-10, 2011.

11.  9^th Workshop of NTRF held on 19^th December, 2012.

12.  10^th Workshop of NTRF held on 19-20^th May, 2015.

13.  Stakeholder’s Meeting of NTRF held on 20^th July, 2016.

14.  Workshop on Plant Protection Studies at KVK, Jalpaiguri held on 28^th December, 2016

 III.      News Bulletins

Ø  Number 1 – July 2002

Ø  Number 2 – November 2000

Ø  Number 3 – March 2001

Ø  Number 4 – June 2001

Ø  Number 5 – November 2001

Ø  Number 6 March 2002

Ø  Number 7 – August 2002

Ø  Number 8 – January 2003

Ø  Number 9 – June 2003

Ø  Number 10 – October 2003

Ø  Number 11 – March 2004

Ø  Number 12 – July 2004

Ø  Number 13 – January 2005

Ø  Number 14 – July 2005

Ø  Number 15 – January 2006

Ø  Number 16 – September 2006

Ø  Number 17 – January 2007

Ø  Number 18 –  July 2007

Ø  Number 19 – January 2008

Ø  Number 20 – May 2008

Ø  Number 21 – January 2009

Ø  Number 22 – July 2009

Ø  Number 23 – October 2009

Ø  Number 24 – January 2010

Ø  Number 25 – September 2010

Ø  Number 26 – December 2010

Ø  Number 27 – January, 2016

Ø  Number 28 – June, 2016

  IV.       Books & Journals

ii)                  Role of Enzyme in Tea Processing – April 1998.

iii)                Package of practices for production of Organic Tea in India jointly with Tea Board – 2001.

iv)                Guidelines for Research Funding – NTRF (2000).

v)                  Road Map on Product Diversification in Tea (2002).

vi)                Medicinal Properties of TEA – (2006).

vii)              Natural Enemies of some tea pests with special reference to Darjeeling, Terai and the Dooars.

viii)            Insects Attacking Shade Trees of Tea Plantation in the Dooars and Darjeeling.

ix)                A note on Internalization of various NTRF Projects.

x)                  Brochure on Tea and Health.

xi)                Cup of Tea, Good for Health - NTRF Publication.

xii)              Glimpses of Tea and Health under NTRF.

xiii)            Bengali Brochure for KVK workshop.

Internalization of the research findings is effected using specific recommendations emerging out of NTRF funded studies. At the field level the recommendations are being implemented by Tea Research Institutes at north and south India through their extension services operating in different tea producing districts of north and south India.

COLLATERAL ACTIVITIES

  i.      In specific cases, on the recommendations of the Governing Body, NTRF gives one-time grant to eminent scientists to attend or address conventions or conversions pertaining to marketing of Tea.

ii.      NTRF publishes its Quarterly News Bulletin, Annul Scientific Reports and specialized publications.

iii.      The data generated by NTRF projects on pesticide residues and their metabolites form the basis of the national protocol on pesticide residues on tea.