Colombo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured the President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapakse The president’s office said Thursday it supplied fertilizer to the debt-ridden country to help prevent severe food shortages caused by crop losses and the worst economic crisis.
President Rajapaksa, while speaking with a group of irrigation officials on the requirements for the next harvesting season, said Prime Minister Modi insisted that the supplies be given for the next farming season.
He said the fertilized supplies, to be delivered under the Indian Line of Credit, would be delivered within 20 days of the consignment arriving. Colombo,
Sri Lanka The aim is to boost its agriculture sector to avoid any disruption in the agricultural market after the fall in paddy cultivation during the Maha session. Yala is the paddy cultivation season in Sri Lanka which lasts between May and August.
The Sri Lankan government last year banned chemical fertilizers as part of a phased transition to organic agriculture. The lack of adequate supply of organic fertilizers affected agricultural production, especially rice and tea, and caused lack of food The crop has suffered 50 percent loss.
Rajapaksa had admitted a few weeks ago that his decision to ban chemical fertilizers to 100% organic was wrong.
Farmers have warned that there could be a shortage of food by mid-August in the ongoing economic crisis in the country.
Last month, India assured Sri Lanka of immediately supplying 65,000 metric tonnes of urea to avoid any disruption in paddy cultivation.
The Sri Lankan High Commission said in a statement that the Government of India has decided to supply this quantity of urea to Sri Lanka at the request of the Government of Sri Lanka, notwithstanding the ban on export of urea from India.
Sri Lanka is aiming to boost its agricultural sector to avoid any disruption in the agricultural market following a drop in paddy cultivation during the Maha Session.
Sri Lanka’s annual fertilizer imports cost USD 400 million. Farmers across the country have protested the shortage of fertilizers, saying they are being forced to leave their fields.
There are more than two million farmers in Sri Lanka and up to 70 percent of its 22 million people depend directly or indirectly on agriculture.
India has committed over USD 3 billion in loans, lines of credit and credit swaps to debt-ridden Sri Lanka from January this year to help the neighboring country which is battling the worst economic crisis since its independence. Is.
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is partly due to a lack of foreign exchange, which means the country cannot pay for imports of staple foods and fuels, leading to extreme shortages and very high prices. The crisis provoked widespread protests and calls for political reform and the resignation of President Rajapaksa.
President Rajapaksa, while speaking with a group of irrigation officials on the requirements for the next harvesting season, said Prime Minister Modi insisted that the supplies be given for the next farming season.
He said the fertilized supplies, to be delivered under the Indian Line of Credit, would be delivered within 20 days of the consignment arriving. Colombo,
Sri Lanka The aim is to boost its agriculture sector to avoid any disruption in the agricultural market after the fall in paddy cultivation during the Maha session. Yala is the paddy cultivation season in Sri Lanka which lasts between May and August.
The Sri Lankan government last year banned chemical fertilizers as part of a phased transition to organic agriculture. The lack of adequate supply of organic fertilizers affected agricultural production, especially rice and tea, and caused lack of food The crop has suffered 50 percent loss.
Rajapaksa had admitted a few weeks ago that his decision to ban chemical fertilizers to 100% organic was wrong.
Farmers have warned that there could be a shortage of food by mid-August in the ongoing economic crisis in the country.
Last month, India assured Sri Lanka of immediately supplying 65,000 metric tonnes of urea to avoid any disruption in paddy cultivation.
The Sri Lankan High Commission said in a statement that the Government of India has decided to supply this quantity of urea to Sri Lanka at the request of the Government of Sri Lanka, notwithstanding the ban on export of urea from India.
Sri Lanka is aiming to boost its agricultural sector to avoid any disruption in the agricultural market following a drop in paddy cultivation during the Maha Session.
Sri Lanka’s annual fertilizer imports cost USD 400 million. Farmers across the country have protested the shortage of fertilizers, saying they are being forced to leave their fields.
There are more than two million farmers in Sri Lanka and up to 70 percent of its 22 million people depend directly or indirectly on agriculture.
India has committed over USD 3 billion in loans, lines of credit and credit swaps to debt-ridden Sri Lanka from January this year to help the neighboring country which is battling the worst economic crisis since its independence. Is.
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is partly due to a lack of foreign exchange, which means the country cannot pay for imports of staple foods and fuels, leading to extreme shortages and very high prices. The crisis provoked widespread protests and calls for political reform and the resignation of President Rajapaksa.