Mr.Mahinda Amaraweera, Minister of Agriculture yesterday (31) instructed the officials of the Ministry to allocate Rs.10 billion to purchase Urea fertilizer required for Paddy and Maize cultivation in the upcoming 2023 Yala season.
The Ministry of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture have paid their attention on diseases in paddy cultivation currently spreading in several districts.
Hadabima Authority of Sri Lanka has implemented a programme to enhance the living condition of low income families in remote areas in the country and to strengthen the backyard poultry farming which is disappearing from our country.
The Chinese government donated 10.06 million litres of diesel to the people in Sri Lanka who are engaged in agricultural and fisheries sectors, taking into account the financial difficulties faced by them, upon the request made by President Ranil Wickramasinghe.