Saturday 12th August 2023 Clashes among rice growers have been reported from Embilipitiya, where paddy fields began to receive water from Samanalawewa via the Udawalawe tank...
Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera, on Monday, instructed the Agriculture and Agrarian Insurance Board to estimate the damage caused by the drought to the agriculture sector....
Electricity Consumers’ Association alleges combined bid to justify move By Anuradha Hiripitiyage Secretary of the Electricity Consumers’ Association, Sanjeewa Dhammika, yesterday (01) alleged that Power and...
By Chandre Dharmawardana chandre.dharma@yahoo.ca According to a recent news report (The Island 23rd June 2023), Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has claimed that the “agricultural sector to be...
By Ifham Nizam Plans are underway to launch a programme to provide nearly 5,000 male chicks discarded monthly from several state-owned farms to the unemployed youth...
By NESHELLA PERERA ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka will start licensing more farmers to use firearms to protect crops as more farmland is coming under attack from wild animals,...
TSP to be given free of charge By Ifham Nizam The government has decided to provide during the Yala season, TSP fertiliser free of charge to...
The European Union (EU) has allocated four million Euro (approximately 1.5 billion rupees) in grants for fertiliser, seeds, and training to the most vulnerable farmers, as...
By Ifham Nizam The government paid the majority of the public servants their last salary –December- from Rs. 10.5 bn profit of the Department of Agrarian...
by PRIYAN DE SILVA Minister of Agriculture, Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation, Mahinda Amaraweera, has said the government should purchase the Maha paddy harvest from...