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Harvesting consent: South Asian tea plantation workers’ experience of Fairtrade certification: Table 2

Harvesting consent: South Asian tea plantation workers’ experience of Fairtrade certification
Table 2

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table of contents
  1. Abstract
  2. 1. Introduction
  3. 2. Labor governance in the tea value chain
  4. 3. Manufacturing consent through workplace ‘games’
  5. 4. Methodology
  6. 5. How Fairtrade helps harvesting tea plantation workers’ consent
    1. 5.1. ‘If we work more, we get more funds’ – certifying workers’ commitment rather than management compliance
    2. 5.2. ‘People won't utter a word against those to whom they are indebted’ – using premium funds for labor governance
    3. 5.3. ‘After getting Fairtrade benefits, we get motivated to work’ – playing workplace games in the tea estate?
    4. 5.4. ‘They work faster and the company is benefited’ – aligning workers’ interests with management's through training
  7. 6. Conclusion and outlook
  8. Notes
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Disclosure statement
  11. Funding
  12. Notes on contributor
  13. References

Table 2. Summary research participants in certified plantations by region.
Region / countryCertified estatesParticipants worker survey (% female)Age range (mean)Primary education or less (%)Scheduled caste / tribal background (%)*Share FPC members (%)Participants female / male groups FGDsKey informant interviews
South India3104 (71)28–60 (48)9992635 / 22FPC (3), M (3), W (3)
Assam275 (56)23–72 (41)9785320 / 18FPC (2), M (2), W (1)
Sri Lanka3102 (73)26–58 (42)73–3124 / 27FPC (3), M (6), W (4)
Notes: FPC = Fairtrade Premium Committee, M = estate management, W = worker representatives.
*The figure for South India refers to scheduled caste background. This group also includes persons belonging to ‘Most backward classes’ and ‘Other eligible communities’ that are included in the Kerala scheduled caste list. The figure for Assam covers tribal background. In Sri Lanka, the survey did not include a question about caste.

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