The Department of Agriculture states that a record paddy harvest has been achieved during this Yala season.
Read more: 2.6 metric tons of paddy harvest is recorded in 2024 Yala season.
Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries, Mahinda Amaraweera, stated that during today's (13th) Cabinet meeting, the government approved to provide 200 million rupees to purchase the 20,000 metric tons of milk powder currently available at the state-owned Milco (Pvt) Ltd.
The Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries, Mr. Mahinda Amaraweera stated that the production of poultry meat and eggs in the country has reached a self-sufficient level.
Read more: Poultry meat and egg production in the country reaches self-sufficient level
Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries, Mahinda Amaraweera, stated that all necessary arrangements have now been completed to obtain the stock of 55,000 metric tons of MOP fertilizer that is to be provided to Sri Lanka by the World Food Programme.
The cabinet paper submitted by the Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries, Mr. Mahinda Amaraweera, has been approved to safeguard the coconut oil industry in Sri Lanka as well as to confirm the quality of coconut oil produced in the country and to grant powers to the Coconut Development Authority to regulate the quality of imported edible oil due to the problematic situation.