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Urgent
Fertilizer issue for the current season — district issue notices published
Issue notices for each district are published in the Announcements section. Collect your allocation from the issuing point named on your district’s notice, within the window stated.
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Notice
Replanting subsidy applications are open
Applications for the replanting subsidy are being accepted at every Regional Office. Speak to your Tea Inspector before uprooting any block.
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Notice
Hantana National Training Centre — new programme calendar released
The training calendar for the coming quarter is published, with residential and non-residential programmes for smallholders and society office bearers.
Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure
Tea Small Holdings Development Authority
The statutory authority for the development of Sri Lanka’s tea smallholdings — subsidies, extension services, societies, training and published statistics.
- Frequently searched:
- Replanting subsidy
- Fertilizer assistance
- Smallholder registration
Find your service
Grouped by who you are, not by our organisation chart. Every service lists its eligibility, the process, the forms you need and who to contact.
For tea smallholders
Registration, subsidies, fertilizer and field advice.
- Replanting subsidy
- New planting subsidy
- Fertilizer assistance
- Soil conservation assistance
- Extension and technical advisory
For societies
Registration, Tea Shakthi programmes and member welfare.
News, announcements and events
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The Authority launches its trilingual website
The Authority’s new website is published in English, Sinhala and Tamil, with online applications, a searchable staff directory and tracked public feedback.
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Fertilizer issue notices published for every district
Issue notices for the current season have been published for each district, naming the issuing point, the entitlement rate and the collection window.
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Replanting subsidy applications are open at every Regional Office
Applications for the replanting subsidy are being accepted at all regional offices. Speak to your Tea Inspector before uprooting any block.
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Hantana National Training Centre releases its new programme calendar
Residential and non-residential programmes for smallholders, society office bearers and field staff are now open for online application.
Training at Hantana
Full calendar →-
24 Sep
Good agricultural practice for tea smallholdings
Residential · 40 places left
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1 Oct
Soil conservation on sloping tea land
Non-residential · 50 places left
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8 Oct
Tea nursery management and cultivar selection
Residential · 30 places left
Statistics
All datasets →-
Registered tea smallholdings by district
Number of registered tea smallholdings in each district covered by the Authority. Figures are to be confirmed against the Authority’s register before publication.
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Field extension structure
The Authority’s service-delivery structure at the grassroots: Tea Inspector and Extension Officer ranges, the sub offices that supervise them, and the regions above.
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Replanting and new planting progress
Extent replanted and newly planted under Authority subsidy, by year. To be loaded from the Authority’s progress returns.
Current discussion topic
Leaf quality and the price a smallholder is paid
The Authority is inviting comment from smallholders, society office bearers and buyers on how leaf quality is assessed at collection, and how that assessment reaches the price paid to the smallholder. Tell us what happens at your collecting point, and what wou…
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