Category: Agriculture
President instructs to create a data bank for unused govt-owned lands
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has given instructions to digitize investment information to make it easily and quickly accessible to interested parties. The purpose of this move is to encourage and promote investment opportunities in Sri Lanka, allowing investors to identify new investment prospects with ease. In addition to this, the President has also pointed out the […]
Sri Lanka targets growing European market for organic food
A delegation from Sri Lanka participated in the BIOFACH Trade Fair, the world’s largest annual organic food products trade show held from 14-17 February 2023 in Nuremberg, Germany. This annual trade fair held since 1990 attracts food industry professionals from across the world. This year, 2,765 exhibitors from 95 countries participated in the trade fair. The fair was […]
European Union & FAO to provide fertilizers, seeds & training to vulnerable paddy farmers in Sri Lanka
The European Union (EU) has allocated 4 million Euro (approximately 1,5 billion rupees) in grants for fertilizers, seeds, and training to the most vulnerable farmers, as a response to the agriculture and food security crisis in Sri Lanka. These funds will be implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Sri Lanka. online pharmacy […]
Revolutionizing Rain-fed Farming for Food Security: Addressing Sri Lanka’s food security needs at a crucial time
It’s 10 AM in Anuradhapura, the sun is glaring down on the agricultural heartland of the country and the air hangs dry—there hasn’t been any rain in weeks despite it being the rainy season in the Dry Zone. The farmer communities look to the skies, awaiting the rains, especially concerning from the perspective of the […]
French collaboration for capacity building in the Sri Lankan Rubber industry
The Ministry of Plantation Industries of Sri Lanka entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with a French expert in the rubber industry, KSAPA, for capacity building of Rubber Smallholders in Sri Lanka. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Plantation Industries of Sri Lanka and KSAPA was finalised with KSAPA Managing Director, Raphael […]
All paddy farmers to receive free TSP fertilizer in 2023 through USAID & FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will distribute 36,000 metric tonnes of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) fertilizer to all paddy farmers in Sri Lanka through the Ministry of Agriculture. The amount of TSP provided per farmer will be determined based […]
United States Provides 9,300 Metric Tons of Fertilizer to Paddy Farmers in Sri Lanka
The United States officially handed over 9,300 metric tons of urea fertilizer to the Ministry of Agriculture to distribute to more than 193,000 smallholder paddy farmers in Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya, Anuradhapura, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, and Monaragala districts. The fertilizer, procured by FAO with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is the first […]
Five Thousand hectares in Monaragala, Kotiagala for farming on a temporary basis
A discussion was held at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (01) under the patronage of President’s Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Rathnayake on the utilization of land in Monaragala, Kotiyagala and Kabilitta areas for farming to face the food crisis in the future. These lands were previously reserved for reforestation. […]
SL Purchasing Managers’ Index: Sept 2022 manufacturing PMI decline
Manufacturing PMI declined in September 2022, indicating a setback in manufacturing activities on a month-on-month basis. Accordingly, Manufacturing PMI recorded an index value of 42.6 in September 2022, with a decline of 7.0 index points from the previous month driven by the decreases in all the sub-indices, except Employment and Suppliers’ Delivery Time. The decline […]
FAO, IFAD and WFP renew commitment to strengthening food security in Sri Lanka
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), marked World Food Day at an event held under the auspices of the Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera today. The event theme […]
SL agri forum puts forward proposal to sustainably overcome current and future food crisis
The Sri Lanka Agripreneurs’ Forum (SLAF) is the single professional agri-entrepreneurial organization that represents approximately 30 percent of the country’s workforce, addressing the need of the hour, SLAF recognized the dire need to positively intervene in the current food crisis in Sri Lanka and thus met with the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera on 30th […]
JICA partners with UNDP in Sri Lanka to procure 200 Metric Tonnes of Maize Seeds
To address the immediate needs of the ongoing socio-economic crisis in Sri Lanka, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in the partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka will procure a significant portion of maize seed requirements in Sri Lanka, targeting the Maha cultivation season. Maize is a staple input in the […]