Sunday, 10 Sep 2023
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By K.L. Gunaratne
With nearly 500,000 tea smallholders, the sector is a significant contributor to the production and output of tea in Sri Lanka. We are often called the 'backbone' of our tea industry, and with good reason.
Sixteen percent of Sri Lanka's arable land belongs to the tea sector. Of this, tea smallholders operate in 60% of the total tea land and account for more than 70% of...
