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Crop intake may be falling in some areas
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Sugar SOEs expect to produce 20-pct of organic fertilizer needs
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"If we make the country organic we can earn 20 billion US dollars in two years." the minister said
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China buys more than last year
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In the five months to May 2021 Sri Lanka had produced 134.72mn kilograms up 30.6-pct from Covid-19 hit
Up to 800,000 hectares of rice is expected to sown in the upcoming season
The current Yala season is expected to product 1.5 million tonnes of paddy.
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Imports were 400,000 tonnes in 2016 compared to 900,000 in 2019
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The rupee has fallen from 182 to 200 amid the latest money printing
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Officials not taking decisions due to fear
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Liquid organic fertilizer extracts would continue to be allowed
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Adds to existing controls on jackfruit
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Farmers having less than one hectare of land will also be given 30,000 rupees to produce organic fertilizer.
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A procurement committee would be set up for organic fertilizer and chelated plant micro-nutrients
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Any shortfall to be imported
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But permission will be given to import fertilizer in 2021
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| US Dollar | 199.9000 | 199.9019 |
| UK Pound | 273.9929 | 273.5957 |
| Euro | 235.8120 | 235.9142 |
| Aus Dollar | 147.0165 | 146.9979 |
| Yen | 1.8150 | 1.8253 |
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| Indian Rupee | 2.6842 | 2.6681 |
| Korea Won | 0.1736 | 0.1740 |
| Oman Rial | 519.2343 | 519.2392 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.2910 | 53.2972 |
| UAE Dirham | 54.4220 | 54.4232 |
| pts | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 3,095.09 | 0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 8,068.33 | 0.57% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 4,885,333,805.80 | 3,078,656,097.55 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| 3-m bill | 5.13 | 5.11 |
| 6-m bill | 5.16 | 5.15 |
| 12-m bill | 5.21 | 5.20 |
| 5-yr bond | 7.34 | 7.33 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.88 | 7.86 |
| today | yesterday | |
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| Overnight Money | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Gilt Repo | 5.00 | 5.00 |
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The new rules apply to bills of lading and airway bills dated May 06 or after.
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The situation in his city has become serious (barapathala), Mayor Jaliya Opatha had said.
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Sri Lanka will ban the import of chemical fertilizer in the 'near future' as pollution of waterways and suspected kidney...
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Sri Lanka's maize prices have soared and fears of aflatoxin in poultry feed are growing as businesses newly displaced by...
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Sri Lanka's commercial plantations producing tea and rubber has called for fast-track vaccination of their workers on wh...
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Sri Lanka's fresh chicken prices have soared as a combination of state controls and Coronavirus impact hit the sector, w...
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Sri Lanka firms producing a range of foods and personal care items would be hit by a palm oil ban, in addition to public...
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Sri Lanka's plantations stocks plunged after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said they would be required to uproot oil palm...
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Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had banned the import of palm oil and plantations companies would be required upr...
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Sri Lanka will shortly issue an order by gazette notice banning cultivation of oil palm giving effect to a decision by t...
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