Coir production in India is very traditional: Over the past 200 years, it has evolved from a mainly domestic activity to a partially mechanized industry that employs tens of thousands of people. Many challenges face the industry, among them low wages and poor socio-economic conditions of coir workers. Murali Krishnan sends us this report from "coir country."
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- India
- Rights URI
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Source
- Europeana https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2051904/data_euscreenXL_1959961
