Category Archives: Plantation

Salary dispute in tea estate Workers’ demands discarded like tea stains

Posted on February 7, 2019 by agmipsl

Source Tea workers’ salaries are revised once in two years. The two-year Collective Agreement (CA) between Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) and trade unions was to be renewed on October 15, 2018. The new agreement which was signed almost two weeks … Continue reading →

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Tea Market Report : May 28-30, 2018

Posted on June 5, 2018 by agmipsl

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Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs: Neglecting the country’s highest export earner

Posted on May 15, 2018 by agmipsl

By Nimal Sanderatne Tea has been Sri Lanka’s highest export earner from the latter part of the nineteenth century and is still the country’s highest domestic value added export earner. Despite the paramount importance of tea for the economy, the … Continue reading →

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CRI predicts 500 m coconut yield shortage for 2017

Posted on March 14, 2017 by agmipsl

Given the challenges faced by the industry with repeated droughts, increased demand for domestic consumption and the felling of coconut trees, the Coconut Research Institute (CRI) forecasts a 450-500 million nut shortfall this year.

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Govt. mulls liberalisation of coconut industry to boost exports

Posted on March 14, 2017 by agmipsl

By Charumini de Silva Original article Plantation Industries Minister to obtain Cabinet approval to import fresh kernels for value addition exports  CDA to get promotion agency, possible plans for overseas campaigns As a step towards reviving coconut-based value addition and exports, the … Continue reading →

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‘Growth prospects bleak for Sri Lanka’s tea industry’

Posted on September 26, 2016 by agmipsl

Adverse weather conditions, combined with rising costs and greater competition, threaten to weaken Sri Lanka’s position in the global tea industry, though efforts to develop new markets could help offset downturns in exports and revenue.Flooding in mid-May struck a number … Continue reading →

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