CLIMATE CHANGE, WORKER’S RIGHTS AND TEA INDUSTRY IN ASSAM- AN ANALYSIS
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Low Productivity, Climate change, Worker’s Right, Rainfall, AssamAbstract
Tea plays a significant role in rural development, poverty reduction and food security in developing countries and is one of the most important cash crops in the world. The ‘cup that cheers’ is under a lot of heat, quite literally. Climate change, erratic rainfall, high temperature, high carbon dioxide, among others has had a serious impact on the tea plant, which experts otherwise classify as ‘self-adapting’. Climate change is an important environmental issue and impacts greatly tea on growth and production as tea is mainly grown under rain-fed mono-cropping systems and weather conditions determine optimal growth. The effects of climate change on the tea economy and the mitigating measures that should be adopted are not yet well understood.
Tea production is labour intensive, and the industry provides jobs, especially in remote, economically depressed rural areas. Tea trade and distribution are dominated by a few international companies that benefit from stable retail prices. Therefore, the researcher aims at highlighting the effect of climate on the production and rights of the workers in Assam.
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