#Agriculture
Govt. yet to provide fertiliser subsidy for Yala season cultivation
Anuradha Tennakoon, Chairman of the National Farmers’ Union, stated that approximately 500,000 acres of paddy lands under both minor irrigation channels and major...
Sri Lanka’s agriculture in crisis as rice, tea, and coconut productions drop while prices rise
Sri Lanka’s agricultural sector is going through a severe crisis, with a significant drop in the production of major crops such as rice,...
Animal census successful; three toque macaques spotted on my land, says Deputy Agriculture Minister
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Namal Karunaratne said that the nationwide census of nuisance wildlife conducted today was very successful. He said that the...
An island found to release monkeys – Minister
The government has commenced a program to catch monkeys and an island has been identified to release the captured animals, says Agriculture, Livestock,...
Retail prices of local rice varieties increase
The weekly food commodity bulletin issued by the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agricultural Research and Training Institute in the last week of January shows that...
Joint Farmers’ Organizations cry foul over paddy price
The chairman of the Anuradhapura District Joint Farmers’ Organization Punchirala Ratnayake said yesterday (5) that although they are not not satisfied with the...
Handunnetthi backtracks on rice pledge
Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Sunil Handunnetthi has backtracked on a statement he had made prior to the presidential elections. At a...
