Plantation Labour, Wage and Productivity

Plantation Labour Wage Issue

Productivity in general can be defined as obtaining more output for the same input. The two major inputs in the tea industry - land and labour - are neither as abundant nor as cheap as they were when the tea plantations were established more than 100 years ago.

Tea is among the most labour-intensive of all the plantation crops. It has both an agricultural and a manufacturing dimension. According to well-established precepts, 60 percent of the income from tea is agricultural, the balance being of an industrial nature.

The regional plantation companies (RPCs) say that the comparatively lower productivity but higher labour costs, is creating a situation in which the plantation sector is fast becoming financially unviable. PA says labour productivity in Sri Lanka can and must improve substantially for the industry’s survival. That is the present position. A deadlock. - See more at: http://www.dailymirror.lk/68755/plantation-wage-talks-in-deadlock#sthash.FIkgVHPt.dpuf

The regional plantation companies (RPCs) say that the comparatively lower labour  productivity but higher labour costs, is creating a situation in which the plantation sector is fast becoming financially unviable. For the survival of Sri Lankan plantation industry its labour productivity must be improved substantially.
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                 (http://www.dailymirror.lk/74135/tea-crisis-who-deceives-whom)

The regional plantation companies (RPCs) say that the comparatively lower productivity but higher labour costs, is creating a situation in which the plantation sector is fast becoming financially unviable. PA says labour productivity in Sri Lanka can and must improve substantially for the industry’s survival. That is the present position. A deadlock. - See more at: http://www.dailymirror.lk/68755/plantation-wage-talks-in-deadlock#sthash.FIkgVHPt.dpuf

The regional plantation companies (RPCs) say that the comparatively lower productivity but higher labour costs, is creating a situation in which the plantation sector is fast becoming financially unviable. PA says labour productivity in Sri Lanka can and must improve substantially for the industry’s survival. That is the present position. A deadlock. - See more at: http://www.dailymirror.lk/68755/plantation-wage-talks-in-deadlock#sthash.FIkgVHPt.dpuf

The regional plantation companies (RPCs) say that the comparatively lower productivity but higher labour costs, is creating a situation in which the plantation sector is fast becoming financially unviable. PA says labour productivity in Sri Lanka can and must improve substantially for the industry’s survival. That is the present position. A deadlock. - See more at: http://www.dailymirror.lk/68755/plantation-wage-talks-in-deadlock#sthash.FIkgVHPt.dpuf

Soil a renewable or non renewable resource?

In this blog post the writer got into a conversation with someone who claimed soils are a renewable resource, because the nutrients in them can be replaced with fertilizers. But he has heard that soil takes a really long time to form, so that to me makes it non-renewable.
https://soilsmatter.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/is-soil-renewable-or-non-renewable/