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A sustainable solution to the decline in tea production, export revenue, and livelihood issues

- An ecosystem is a living system of communities of plants and animals, microbes sharing an environment with non-living plants such as air, water, climate, and soil
- The theory of the living system tries to understand this and the ecological literature deals with the basic principles of ecology (and live accordingly)
- In nature, every organism, plant, micro-organism, cells, and tissues are all in a living system
- All living systems need energy and food
- All living systems produce waste, but there is no net waste
- Capra expresses the life of any living organism as made up of pattern, process, and structure
- If we apply these ideas to ourselves or our organisations, we can see that in the patterns we find our identity
- In these processes we develop our relationships, our beliefs, our principles, and behaviours, becoming more conscious
- In the structures we become more fluid, more focused on the present moment; we become alive
- The building of sustainable communities is deeply connected to our search for a new sociological paradigm
- During Q1 – January to March 2021 – tea export revenue was Rs. 65 billion, up by Rs. 16 billion YoY (year-on-year), from Rs. 49 billion during Q1 2020
- Q1 – January to March 2021 – cumulative production totalled 74 million kg, up by 20 million kg
- FOB price was Rs. 939 per kilo during Q1, which is an increase of 13%, from Rs. 827 during the corresponding period in 2020
- FOB price in US $ during Q1 was $ 4.77 as against $ 4.47 during Q1 2020
- March FOB in US $ was ($ 4.87) the highest ever
- FOB price during the year 2020 was Rs. 867 per kilo, when compared to Rs. 823 per kilo during the year 2019