Design intervention for mechanisation of tealeaf harvesting to improve productivity and efficiency a case study of an improved harvesting device in the context of assam india

Abstract

The Indian tea industry is one of the major foreign revenue earners for the country It is one of the major employers of women Many of the activities especially the tea leaf plucking activity constituting 40 percent of the total cost of production of tea leaves performed by the women workers The tea industries of Assam in are facing revenue losses during recent times One of the main factors is shortage of workforce engaged in field operations Studies have shown that acute shortage of wor newline newline