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Sri Lankan tea pickers’ dreams shattered by economic crisis
May 05 (Reuters) BOGAWANTALAWA- On a lush plantation in Sri Lanka, Arulappan Ideijody deftly plucks the tips of each tea bush, throwing them over her shoulder into an open basket on her back.
After a month of picking more than 18 kg (40 lb) of such tea leaves each day, she and her husband, fellow picker Michael Colin, 48, receive about 30,000 rupees, worth about $80 after the island nation devalued its currency.
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May 05 (Reuters) BOGAWANTALAWA- On a lush plantation in Sri Lanka, Arulappan Ideijody deftly plucks the tips of each tea bush, throwing them over her shoulder into an open basket on her back.
After a month of picking more than 18 kg (40 lb) of such tea leaves each day, she and her husband, fellow picker Michael Colin, 48, receive about 30,000 rupees, worth about $80 after the island nation devalued its currency.
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Sri Lanka : Sri Lankan tea pickers’ dreams shattered by economic crisis
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Sri Lankan tea pickers' dreams shattered by economic crisis
Plantation workers are affected more than most as they own no land to provide a cushion against soaring food prices.
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