Picking tea leaves on a tea plantation near Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

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Tea pickers will generally pick around 18 kg of tea leaves per day for a very low wage. In 2021 the Sri Lankan government set a wage rate for tea pickers of 1,000 rupees (about £) per day.

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Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Near Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Photo credit: © Andy Stansfield / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: eliya, green, lanka, leaf, leaves, nuwara, pick, picker, picking, plantation, serendib, sri, tea