Tinjure Tea Farmer Cooperative Society Limited
Phakphokthum Rural Municipality 2, Ilam
Contact No : 9764491984
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Tinjure Tea Farmer Cooperative Society Limited was established in 1995 to address the problems of small holder tea farmers in rural areas. The cooperative sits amid the Mahabharat mountain range and is geographically located at an altitude of 10,000 ft. (3000 m). This cooperative lies, Phakphokthum Rural Municipality-2, Tinjure, at a distance of 45 kilometers from Ilam. To get there, it takes about 3 hours by motorcycle or 1 hour by vehicle, through the twisty off-road drive.
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Tinjure tea cooperative is producing black, green, oolong and different kinds of other specialty teas. The cooperative has its own processing factory and many local people are working there. Members of the cooperative have learned to successfully process and market tea while securing financial services to the point where they now have the capacity to justify organic and Rainforest Alliance certification essential to serving export markets in Europe and other countries. This cooperative produces superior quality of organic certified tea. However, the farmers are facing problems of transportation and market access.
The cooperative is selling their tea to the local and international market and is organically certified by the CERES Organic Certification Agency from Zermany and fair trade certification. Fair Trade certification is a system that aims to ensure that producers in developing countries receive fair prices for their products, while also promoting sustainable farming practices and ethical labor conditions.
