The government through the Ministry of Agriculture has provided 20,00 litres of pesticide to rice farmers in order to combat apple snails. The snails have been destroying rice plantations in the region and have been leading to huge losses to farmers. According to Crop Development Principal Secretary, Kello Harsama, the program, which is still in […]
COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Ministry said on Monday (7) that if water is provided by Tuesday (8) for the rice fields in the Walawa Zone in the south of the country, around 60% of the rice fields can be saved. Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera told News 1st that if that effort fails, there […]
COLOMBO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) delivered 8,360 tons of urea fertilizer this week to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Agriculture for distribution during the forthcoming Maha cropping season, a FAO statement said on Monday. The FAO said this essential fertilizer will be distributed to over 228,000 smallholder paddy farmers […]
President Kissan Ittehad Khalid Mehmood Khokhar Wednesday said that corporate farming will attract about Rs100 billion investment in the agriculture sector within three years and help to achieve self-sufficiency in staple food crop production, besides attaining food safety and security in the country. Addressing a press conference, he dismissed all the misconceptions being created by […]
It’s been 12 days since the rice farmers from Embilipitiya launched a Sathyagraha campaign demanding water for their rice fields. The satyagraha is continuing as the demands of the farmers to release water from the Samanala Wewa to the Udawalawa Reservoir have not been met. Farmers have stressed that they would not abandon their cause […]
The Abakaliki Rice Millers Association in Ebonyi state has hailed the Federal Government’s plans to boost farm produce in an effort to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy. President Bola Tinubu, on Monday in a nationwide broadcast, assured adequate food sufficiency for Nigerians. According to president Tinubu, the government will ensure staple […]
