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Wednesday September 27th, 2023
Agriculture

Sri Lanka rubber output to drop 15-pct in 2023 in deepening crisis

Natural rubber output may drop to 60 million kilograms in 2023, hit by a leaf disease

September 25, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to produce pomegranates to ‘save forex’ amid inflationism

After eight months, a tree will give a yield of 10 to 15 kilograms. A tree has a lifespan of about 35 years.

September 19, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to open baby banana export processing factory in Hambantota

Sri Lanka plans to open a baby banana export processing factory in Hambantota to cater to international banana market

September 16, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to import more eggs from India after price controls kill chicken

Sri Lanka also taxes maize to give high profits to farmers

September 2, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka to lease state land for Dambulla Agro Cool warehouse

Land given on 30-year lease

August 29, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka minister calls for solution to 800,000 landless non-workers in plantations

The issue hotted up after an estate managers dismantled an unofficially built dwelling

August 27, 2023 5 min read
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Sri Lanka dry weather hits 4.3-pct of Yala paddy crop

We are prepared to pay compensation for all the damages in these areas

Nethmi Rajawasam
August 25, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka agriculture minister talks up, rice paddy price

There will be no rice crisis. There is as problem with prices

Nethmi Rajawasam
August 24, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to get another bumper main rice harvest in 2024 from El Niño?

About 30 percent of the country's rainfall comes from the inter monsoonal rains from around October

August 21, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka lowers 'maize mafia' tax

The intention is to reduce the cost of animal feed

August 19, 2023 1 min read
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Sri Lanka poultry firm imports parent chicks after state interference in business

Day old parent chicks imported to strengthen flock

August 15, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka coconut yields less than half of India's Andhra: President

In Andra coconut yield was 15,000 nuts per acre, while in Sri Lanka it was 7,000

August 6, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka expects US$900mn from rubber, US$700mn from coconut exports

Tea exports to be 290mn kilos this year

August 3, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka poultry producers agree to reduce price after President's import move

Chicken price has soared in the last quarter despite rupee appreciation

Apsara Rodrigo
August 2, 2023 2 min read
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Sri Lanka struggles to irrigate rice paddies in South, avoid power cuts

We have been informed that water cannot be released from the Samanalawewa reservoir

August 2, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to earn up to $2.3 bln from rubber, coconut, cinnamon this year: Minister 

Sri Lanka is in the process of expanding its export market to come out of an unprecedented economic crisis

Nethmi Rajawasam
July 27, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka projects rice surplus in 2023

Yala harvest is expected to be 1.46mn metric tonnes

July 27, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka Agri minister frowns at groups stopping "monkey business" with China

Sri Lanka was to export 100,000 monkey to China to reduce heavy crop damage by them

Shihar Aneez
July 17, 2023 2 min read
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Sri Lanka to grow forests in Olympic initiative

Sri Lanka is one of four countries in the world, selected by the International Olympic Committee.

Neshella Perera
July 4, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Agalwatte plants 2,600ha of rubber after Damro takeover

Damro group is a consumer durables retailer and also a producer and exporter of furniture.

June 18, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka coconut auction prices down 0.23-pct

Sri Lanka’s coconut auction prices fell 0.23 percent from a week ago at an auction on June 15, data showed.

June 16, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka to compensate farmers for Yala 2022 season

The program expects to compensate 3499 farmers who suffered crop damage in the 2022 yala season.

June 13, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka coconut auction prices up 4.5-pct

Sri Lanka’s coconut auction prices gained 4.5 percent from a week ago at an auction on June 01, data showed.

June 7, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka in talks with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for automation in agriculture

Officials of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have assured President Wickremesinghe interventions would be made.

Neshella Perera
May 31, 2023 1 min read
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