Has Indian Plantation Sector Weathered the Crisis? A Critical Assessment of Tea Plantation Industry in the Post-reforms Context

Viswanathan P K () and Amita Shah ()

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Abstract: the paper provides an overview of the growth and status of Indian tea plantation sector delineating the trends in economic performance in the global context in a historic perspective. It then examines the impacts of trade reforms on tea plantation sector manifest in terms of a persistent crisis and the crisis management strategies adopted by the tea planters and their impacts on plantation workers and livelihoods.

Keywords: Crisis in Tea plantations; trade reforms; trade agreements; sector; management strategies; tea planters; workers; livelihoods; Indian; domestic prices; producers; feminisation of workforce; environmental and labour standards; Production; marketing; Agriculture Products; Grades; economic dynamism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-08
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