In mid-2024, a group of 30 tea garden workers and their families in Doldoli Tea Garden, Sylhet, received 30 black pepper plants and basic training on cultivation from the local agriculture authority with collaboration of an NGO. In total 30 families received the plant .The initiative aimed to provide an alternative source of income for households and improve their economic stability.

However, just a few months after the distribution, it became clear that the plants were not thriving.…