Middle East conflict hits Sri Lanka’s tea industry, heightens economic strain (opens in new tab)

Tea factory worker Jacintha Malar once relied on cooking gas to prepare meals for her family, but has switched to firewood after the Middle East conflict pushed ​up energy costs and battered the country’s tea industry. Malar and her husband, a ‌tea plucker in Sri Lanka’s central hills, are among those dependent on Sri Lanka’s […] The post appeared first on <a href="