Description:
The Ta?ang (Palaung) people are traditionally tea cultivators,
however, they currently face economic hardship due to a
decline in the tea market in 2011. Although the tea price was
good and many tea traders bought tea during the Shwe Pyi Oo
(first harvest), one week later the price of tea fell and just a
few traders were buying tea. After that the tea market was
very weak and tea production almost came to a halt.
The Shwe Pyi Oo tea season occurs over one month from the
end of March to the end of April, and is an important time for
the livelihoods of the Ta?ang people. The majority of Ta?ang
people who produce tea live in Namhsam, Mantong, Namtu,
Namkham, Kutkai, western Kyaukmae and Thipaw in Northern
Shan State. Tea production is the main source of income for
over (600,000) six hundred thousand Ta?ang people.
Because the main source of income of the Ta?ang people is in
crisis and the monopoly of the regime, the local population is
facing many related economic, social, educational and health
problems.
The new Burma?s military regime and other organizations have
not addressed the crisis that the Ta?ang people are facing as a
result of the decline of the tea industry. Therefore, the Ta?ang
(Palaung) working group has produced this briefing paper
about the problems that Ta?ang tea cultivators are facing. Our
objective is to inform people and to help solve the problems
that Ta?ang tea cultivators are facing in the Palaung area.
Source/publisher:
Ta?ang (Palaung) Working Group - TSYO, PWO, PSLF
Date of Publication:
2011-06-05
Date of entry:
2012-01-25
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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