Collinson Library: HASS9: Geography Production process of a staple crop: Tea

Intruduction to the tea industry

Watch how tea is grown, collected / harvested, processed in a traditional factory, then packed and sold in the market.

Source: Youtube Uploaded on Jul 24, 2010 Duration: 1minute 36seconds

'This clip of professionally-shot broadcast stock footage belongs to the archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., and has been filmed on either Digital Betacam or 1080i HD.

Tea - Sector overview

Click on the image to go to the document. This document from IDH the sustainable trade initiative is easy to read and covers the following:

1. Where is the product produced and why there?

2. Where is the product manufactured?

3. What is the supply chain for the product?

4. How is the production and demand for the product spatially distributed? (there are maps and graphs)

5. How does the spatial pattern of the product connect places through employment, the economy and the need for trade?

6. How sustainable is the production of the product? (Under the headings of economic, social and environmental, discuss the how these factors are addressed overall – positive and/or negative)

Sustainability - the Ethical Tea Partnership

Adapting to Climate change
Supporting MG
What is The ETP?

How Our Work Impacts on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the United Nations
A look at how the Ethical Tea Partnership's projects and programmes impact on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Introducing Ethical Tea Partnership
Ethical Tea Partnership is a not-for-profit membership organisation with 15 years’ experience of working with tea producers and tea companies. By addressing issues such as climate change and social development, our projects are helping to safeguard future tea supply chains and workers’
livelihoods.

Rating:

Unrated

Year:

2014 Duration:

1:00:11

Description:

The Tea Trail - In this 2-part series, adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve follows the tea trail, through the epic landscapes of Kenya and Uganda. #SBSdoco

Click on the image above to go to the site.

Source: http://www.idhsustainabletrade.com/thee-tea-trade-flow

This map shows the top 5 countries that produce tea and the countries they export them to (trade with), as well as the top 5 countries to export tea products.

Supply chains - tea
Excellent, easy to read - covers sustainability as well.

Sustainability

Social conditions
What is sustainable tea production?
Success stories

THE STORM IN YOUR TEACUP: LABOUR EXPLOITATION IN THE GLOBAL TEA INDUSTRY
From World Vision - a factsheet about conditions for workers in the global tea industry. Incldues the TEA SUPPLY CHAIN

Iriaini tea farmers adding value at the source
Although 98% of the profits went back to the farmers, they improved their situation when Marks & Spencer added a packaging machine & trained the workers at the farm.
Tea farmers to benefit from value addition deal with UK’s Marks and Spencer stores
Marks and Spencer, a major retail outlet in Britain, will start stocking packaged tea directly from a factory in Nyeri — a move that could mark increased partnership between Kenyan tea factories and retail outlets in Europe.

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From the Business Daily

Source : http://www.idhsustainabletrade.com/tea Published on Jan 10, 2013

An animation from IDH about setting up sustainable assistance programs to farmers around the world. Covers social, economic, environmental. See more at the website http://www.idhsustainabletrade.com/tea

Fairtrade Tea production
From Fairtrade about the small farmers producing tea. Challenges faced by them and assistance to help them help themselves.