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Poverty line of Tea Planters and Their Lifestyle: a Case Study
Md. Mokhles ur Rahman
Abstract

Tea Sector is a crucial one as fast growing exporting sector and an important cash crop of Bangladesh. It is one of the largest agro-based industries in the country. One third of the production of tea is exported from which Bangladesh earns a substantial amount of foreign exchange amounting to 1,205 million taka. Tea sector contributes 0.81 % of GDP, and about 0.15 million people are employed in this industry which is about 3.3% of the country's total industrial employment. For the well-being of the workforce in tea gardens and to measure the progress towards Millennium Development Goal, we have to visualize the root causes of life in tea gardens and scrutinize the real life style, food habit, cultural activities, religious festivals, literacy rate, health care, sanitation, skill development, income generation, small vegetable gardening, leadership development and the provision of micro-credit also. So this report has been prepared on the basis of data collected from the real stakeholders in six tea gardens in Moulvibazar. The study focuses on some insights bright and gloomy picture and life profile of tea workforce & planters. It also helps us to compare the basic differences among sterling gardens, government gardens and proprietary gardens especially known as private gardens.

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