21 May 2020, Rome  - FAO today marked International Tea Day by stressing the crucial need to ensure the sustainability of tea production - a basis for the livelihoods of millions of farmers - especially at a time when the world economy enters a recession and incomes decline as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to the current pandemic, the first observance of International Tea Day was held virtually. 

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