Marking 200 years of Assam tea, Guwahati is set to host the Bicentenary Assam Tea International Conference from January 29 to 30 at a city hotel.
The conference named BATIC 2024 will showcase the revolutionary changes brought about by the small tea growers of Assam, discuss issues such as climate change, sustainability, new technology and innovation and promotion of Indian tea in new geographies.
Guwahati Tea Board executive Director Arunita Phukan Yadav said that more than 400 delegates from 24 countries apart from India have registered for the two-day conference.
The conference will be followed by the 25th session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Intergovernmental Group on tea from January 31 to February 2.
The FAO Intergovernmental Group on Tea under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is the sole international body for tea where all tea producing and consuming countries participate once in two years.
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