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Adoption of new land use requires understanding perception of major stakeholders about the status-qua and potential of a new land use. This research evaluates marginal tea farmers’ perception of tea farming and fuelwood plantation in Sri Lanka. Twenty-six questions categorized under biophysical factors, dis/advantage of tea farming, dis/advantage of fuelwood plantation, property right and external intervention were employed to 50 interviewees from two districts in 2014. The result showed soil erosion and heavy wind to be vital physical factors. Low productivity, high cost of management, labour intensity and labour scarcity were found to be key disadvantages of tea farming while environmental protection, good market demand, comparatively less labour requirement were found to be important advantages of fuelwood plantation. The stakeholders were also found to prefer government involvement over other actors such as NGOs and private sectors.
