Geography class: Covid threat and drought combine to put India’s tea harvest at risk

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• OCR disease dilemmas, changing spaces

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Covid threat and drought combine to put India’s tea harvest at risk

• What factors have already weakened the tea industry in India?

• The Assam and West Bengal regions are relatively rural, so how do labour groups think the virus has spread?

• Outline the impact the spread of the virus could have on global commodity prices

Alasdair Monteith, Gordonstoun