Four years since Sri Lanka scrapped a rash fertiliser ban that triggered protests, decimated harvests and exacerbated its ...

Four years post the abrupt fertilizer ban that led to protests and weakened Sri Lanka's economy, the impact on farmers like K ...

Sri Lanka has lifted a ban on chemical fertilizer imports after farmers' protests, forecasts of severe food shortages and worries about the island's crucial tea exports. Finance Minister Basil ...

“Assistance like today’s fertilizer demonstrates America’s goodwill and true commitment to the people of Sri Lanka,” says US Ambassador Julie Chung The United States officially handed over9,300 tonnes ...

Last spring, Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa put a ban on agrochemicals. His goal was an ambitious one: to transform Sri Lanka into the first nation with 100-percent organic agriculture. Less ...

14 July 2004 SRI LANKA (Daily News) -- Iran has pledged to sign an agreement with Sri Lanka to provide fertilizer at concessionary rates. This firm assurance was made by Iranian Ambassador Begnam ...

First batch of 13,000 MT of urea fertilizer making its way to Agriculture Service Centers from the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Due to the war in Ukraine and other geopolitical factors, international ...

Sri Lanka is paying some foreign debts with tea, rather than cash. But an abrupt ban on chemical fertilizers has hurt crop yields, and tea pickers are losing hours and wages as food prices double. NPR ...

COLOMBO, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's ambitious plan to aggressively promote organic farming by banning imports of chemical fertilizers could reduce tea yields by as much as 40% and cripple the $1.5 ...

With its president fleeing amid widespread protests, Sri Lanka has been plunged deeper into an ever spiraling political crisis. It’s easy to forget in this meltdown, but the economic turmoil that has ...