Despite being highly vulnerable to climate risk, Sri Lanka is slow ... and declining tea quality threaten the plantation economy. S. Abeykoon, 64, is a small-scale tea farmer hailing from ...

And aside from the about 700,000 smallholder farmers who own KTDA through their 54 tea factories, the agency’s elections are closely monitored by the government as well as the rest of the tea ...

At a time where there is a decline in Sri Lankan tea exports, the complaining voices of estate labourers underscore that their side of the problem needs to be sorted out at the earliest Ceylon Tea ...

While Kenya retained the first spot in global tea exports, India surpassed Sri Lanka to take the second spot. Kenya exported over 500 Mkg of tea in 2024. In 2023, India and Sri Lanka were neck-in ...

(Photo: Xinhua) Farmers pick tea leaves at a farm in Daixi Town, Wuxing District of Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 20, 2025. Harvest season of the spring tea has arrived in Zhejiang ...

The launch event in Dibrugarh saw over 300 small tea farmers, industry leaders and key stakeholders address critical challenges facing the sector. "Small tea growers are the backbone of India's ...

However, in recent decades, climate change has altered once-predictable weather patterns, making it harder for small-scale farmers to maintain their traditional farming practices and secure their ...

Fatikchhari Upazila Agriculture Officer Hasanuzzaman said due to insufficient irrigation, farmers have only been able to cultivate Bora on 500 acres. "With the dry season setting in, the tea ...

Tea farmers take their tea leaves to Masaku tea buying centers in Kitutu Chache South Kisii County. [Sammy Omingo,Standard] The Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) has banned green leaf hawking and roadside ...

As the waves creep closer to his home in Kankesanthurai, in Sri Lanka ... tea industry struggles to adapt to harsh changes in the climate, fluctuating yields and declining tea quality threaten the ...