Why Sri Lanka’s plantation future demands a new investment outlook
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By Shanaka Samaradiwakara, Chairman, Planters’ Association of Ceylon A tea bush planted today may take five years to produce a crop, a decade to generate meaningful returns and more than 20 years to repay the investment. Yet Sri Lanka’smregional plantation companies have only 19 years remaining on their leases. This is the contradiction at the…
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