Small tea plantations

A study was conducted to analyze the economics of different tea plantation farms in Mokokchung district of Nagaland state, both primary and secondary data were used. The primary data pertained to the year 2018-19 and was elicited from 90 tea plantation cultivators and 10 market intermediaries were also selected for the data collection through pre-tested questionnaires. Total cost of tea production for small farm size category was accounted to be Rs 34627.20/-, out of which total variable cost was Rs 24734.80/- and total fixed cost was Rs 9402.40/-.

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The understanding of physical characteristics and physical fitness are considered as the best measure of an individual capability in doing physical work. A sample of 40 women working in small tea plantations of West Garo Hills district in Meghalaya were selected for the present study with two age groups 20-35 years and 36-50 years who have spent maximum years and highest field experience in tea leaf plucking. Physical characteristics of subjects were assessed by recording age, height, weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), VO2 max of women workers. The mean age of all the women workers was 35.

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