Two leaves and a bud: Will it survive the 21st century?
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Sri Lanka’s ages-old tea industry is undergoing a major transformation as rising debt, lower prices and the inability to retain a captive labour force threaten its sustainability for another 100 years. Picture by Indika Handuwala shows a worker holding a tea leaf on Pedro Estate at Nuwara Eliya last week during a visit to the region by a Business Times team. The report will appear next week.