If we do not control the amounts of antibiotics given to animals in animal husbandry, people will not get the desired results from the antibiotics they take for their illnesses.
Mr.Mahinda Amaraweera, the Minister of Agriculture said that the government has focused on providing a financial subsidy for the purchase of fertilizer for farmers who are cultivating paddy during this Yala Season.
Mr.Mahinda Amaraweera, the Minister of Agriculture says that the government has focused on reducing the price of Muriate of Potash (MOP) by Rs.4500 for paddy cultivation during this Yala season.
Read more: Government focuses on reducing the price of MOP (Bandi Fertilizer) by Rs.4500
The European Union and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will officially hand over Rs. 15,000 million worth urea fertilizer and agricultural equipment sets to the Ministry of Agriculture tomorrow (22) as a subsidy provided to the farmers during this Yala season.
Since goat farming is not carried out on a wide scale in our country at present, goat meat and goat milk is imported from foreign countries. A high income can be obtained from goat skin and producing goat manure.
Read more: 70,000 goats will be distributed free to youths interested in goat farming.