Impact of Off-Farm Income on Tea Production of Tea Small Holders in Galle District

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dc.contributor.authorKumara, K. H. J.
dc.contributor.authorDharmadasa, R. A. P. I. S.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-09T06:05:18Z
dc.date.available2021-02-09T06:05:18Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe total Sri Lankan tea extent is approximately 221,969 ha out of that 60% of the land extent belongs to the small holders. There are about 40Q000 tea small holders in Sri Lanka.Small holding sector plays a vital role by producing more than 70% of the annual tea production in Sri Lanka (Source: TSHDA, 2011). There is a notion in the minds of small holders that cultivation of tea alone is not enough for their survival. So, there is a great potential for them to seek another income generation source.Off-farm activities have become an important component of livelihood strategies among tea small holders in Sri Lanka. Off farm income means the total income emerges from other sources except in primary farm production of crop, livestock, poultry and fisheries of a householder. Off-farm work has become a significant source of income for farmfamilies (Mishra et al., 2002). Most of the small holders have given more emphasis and investments on other sources of income. They believe that they could get a higher Return on investment through investing on other sources of income than that of growing tea. Due to these reason the small holders are shifting away from the Tea cultivation and they strive less and invest less money on tea cultivation. The research was conducted in order to identify the impact of off - farm income on tea production and to identify most significant economic factors which affecting on tea production of tea small holders in Galle district.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2235-9877
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.erepo.lib.uwu.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/123456789/5861/239-2012-Impact%20of%20Off-Farm%20Income%20on%20Tea%20Production%20of%20%20Tea%20Small%20Holders%20in%20Galle%20District.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUva Wellassa University of Sri Lankaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;Research Symposium
dc.subjectTea Technology and value Additionen_US
dc.subjectTea process Engineering and factor Automationen_US
dc.subjectTea Technologyen_US
dc.titleImpact of Off-Farm Income on Tea Production of Tea Small Holders in Galle Districten_US
dc.title.alternativeResearch Symposium 2012en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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