Liberia: Firestone’ – The K-Factor Debate and Tapping Into the Future

The introduction of contract tapping and a new mode of measurement known as the K-factor or the correction factor, which measures the weight of rubber dispatched from the field, has become a contentious issue at the Firestone Rubber Plantation.

Harbel, Margibi County, August 1: – Contract tappers with little or no knowledge of how the new measurement process works have complained of cheating. They say the measurement significantly reduces their earnings.

In his complaint before the Legislature in…