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Brewing up change under COVID-19: Transforming how tea is bought and sold in Sri Lanka

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  • Boil the kettle, fill the pot, and raise a celebratory cup. Sri Lanka's renowned tea industry has just dodged a potentially devastating COVID-19 shutdown by swapping 19th-century tradition with 21st-century digital innovation.
  • A cloud-based auction system keeps buyers and sellers socially distanced, safeguards a 150-year-old industry, and...

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