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    Tea Production in Sri Lanka
    (5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Dias, K. M. G. M.
    Tea production of Sri Lanka is one of the main income sources of the country. It is the fourth largest producer of tea in the world, and the second largest exporter. This industry is one of the country’s main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka and accounts for 2% of GDP, contributing over US $ 1.5 billion in 2013to the economy of Sri Lanka. The tea sector employs, directly or indirectly over one million people in Sri Lanka and 1995 directly employed 215,338 on tea plantation and estates. The central highlands of the country, low temperature climate throughout the year, annual rainfall and the level of humidity are more favorable geographical factors for production in high quality tea. The industry was introduced to the country in 1867 by James Taylor, the British planter who arrived in 1852. This study examines how current situation of Sri Lanka’s tea industry. The main objectives of this study are to find out what are the current trends in tea industry prevailing at Sri Lanka, to find out how does tea affect to maximize the Gross Domestic Production and find out what the criteria that will deteriorate the trend of the tea market. Secondary data was used only for data acquisition in the study method. Secondary data will be collected mainly from tea institute, journals, text books, prior research reports. Also, it will be used Central Bank Reports. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive analysis techniques. Furthermore, regression analysis will be used to see the relationship between tea exports earnings and Gross Domestic Production. This study confirms that Sri Lanka tea production for the period January-December 2018 reached 303,843 MT showing a decrease of 3,237 MT against the volume of 307,080 MT registered during the same period of 2017, Sri Lanka tea exports for the period January-December 2018 reached 282,363 MT against the volume of 288,984 MT registered for 2017 showing a decrease of 6,621 MT and decline in tea exports is a result of some external and internal factors
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    Technology Issues in the Sri Lankan Tea Industry with an Emphasis on Regional Plantation Companies: A Case Study based on Two Selected Regional Plantation Companies
    (University of Kelaniya, 2005) Tennakoon, K.L.U.S.; Dasanayaka, S.W.S.B.
    Tea Industry of Sri Lanka, the largest net foreign income generator to the country is a key component in the Sri Lankan economy, contributing to 17% of the export income. The direct and indirect labour employed in the tea industry is about 650,000, which is about 11% of the total workforce of the country. In today’s dynamic and turbulent environment, industry survival and growth depends on appropriate technology integration and change management in work practices. As identified in the research, the Sri Lankan tea industry with a history of over a century is facing global challenges requiring certain changes to the technology, work practices, work norms and attitudes to overcome present problems faced by it. This research work attempts to look into appropriate technology integration methods to develop and sustain the tea industry of Sri Lanka with an emphasis on RPCs. The objectives of this paper is to assess the present technology status in the Sri Lankan tea industry; identify the technology gaps along the value chain in comparison to local and global best practices; Benchmarking against the best practices and to identify future technology strategies to improve competitiveness in Sri Lankan tea sector. The data collection was mainly based on interviews conducted through a wide category of people involved in different areas related to the tea industry. Two plantation management companies, a lead performer and an average performer in the industry were selected as the main data sources. The research scope extended from the field related activities to the production of tea and did not focus on the market development aspects of the tea industry. Based on Porter’s Value Chain Model of primary and support activities, a simplified model for the industry was developed. This model was used to analyze the processes involved and the present technology status of the industry. The research work enabled the identification of prevailing technology gaps in the Sri Lankan tea sector in comparison to the local and global best practices. Further, an attempt has been made to identify the technology integration issues, which are the underlying reasons for the technological gaps seen amongst industry players. Based on identified reasons, several strategies in overcoming the shortfall in technology integration have been suggested.