COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's tea producers on Monday condemned a government order to increase wages by 70%, saying it would make their tea globally uncompetitive and reduce dollar earnings ...

Sri Lanka’s plan to lift tea production to 400 million kilograms by 2030 faces steep challenges, from underinvestment to ...

The Sri Lankan tea industry saw an increase in production and exports but recorded a drop in the national average price for ...

The University of Bristol, Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka, Ahmed Tea, Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and the University of ...

Sri Lanka is paying some foreign debts with tea, rather than cash. But an abrupt ban on chemical fertilizers has hurt crop yields and tea pickers are losing hours and wages as food prices double. Sri ...

Tea is a drink with endless variations – whether you like it with a serving of scones, or spiced, like Indian Chai, or infused with mint like Moroccan tea, or even Japanese Matcha. It’s the most ...

Climate change is threatening tea plantations. A PhD student at the University of Bristol is fighting back using tea leaves picked from the hills of Sri Lanka 200 years ago. These leaves could save ...

“So many livelihoods depend on tea production, in Sri Lanka and across the world and I am excited to be part of this work to identify plant traits that will protect tea yields for the future.” Zahra ...

Iran has agreed to accept Ceylon tea in exchange for some $251 million in oil debt from the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka, Iranian media report. Alireza Peyman-Pak, the head of Iran's Trade ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (UNHCR) - Appu Kullamma does not remember anything about her motherland in India. Her earliest memories are of the tea plantations in Sri Lanka, where she grew up. "I can remember ...

COLOMBO, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's ambitious plan to aggressively promote organic farming by banning imports of chemical fertilizers could reduce tea yields by as much as 40% and cripple the $1.5 ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (UNHCR) - Appu Kullamma does not remember anything about her motherland in India. Her earliest memories are of the tea plantations in Sri Lanka, where she grew up. "I can remember ...