"In the old days, you would open the door, and it would be a hive of activity. Now it's all closed down," sighs 89-year-old Agida Lucia. "Over there was the canteen. Up there, the foreman's office.

Plantations are having trouble finding young labourers to sustain production. Precarious working conditions that have hardly evolved since colonial times are a poignant reminder of the lack of job ...