COLOMBO, Jun 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, instructed officials to identify all underutilised lands owned by plantation companies, and use them for farming, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said, yesterday.
The president has taken the decision, following warnings that Sri Lanka will face food shortages in the coming months.
“Plantation companies own more than 9,000 hectares of uncultivated land,” the PMD said.
Sri Lanka decided to ban the use of chemical fertiliser in Apr, 2021, following which the agricultural output has declined sharply.
The ban on chemical fertiliser has been lifted and the cabinet of ministers has said that, it is in discussion with several countries, to procure adequate amounts of fertiliser for the coming farming season.– NNN-XINHUA
