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 ...

N allathambi Mahendran walked through his four acres of emerald green paddy fields in northern Sri Lanka's Kilinochchi district, indicating the height the plants should have reached by now. They were ...

In a bid to reduce post-harvest losses and provide greater economic benefits to local rice and grain farmers the Markspen ...

MUMBAI/COLOMBO, April 2 (Reuters) - Indian traders have started loading 40,000 tonnes of rice for prompt shipment to Sri Lanka in the first major food aid since Colombo secured a credit line from New ...

Now, sometimes it rains in the drought season, but the rainy season is like a drought," says Wajeratna Sudusinghe (above). Oxfam-funded research suggests an approach that could improve the ...

Rice shortages in Sri Lanka have disrupted the Hindu Thai Pongal celebrations, hindering the preparation of traditional dishes during the festival. The harvest festival Hindus celebrate on Jan. 14 ...

COLOMBO, Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka received a first consignment of a $16 million humanitarian aid package from neighboring India to help mitigate severe shortages caused by the country’s ...

DHAKA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Bangladesh will export 50,000 tonnes of rice to Sri Lanka for the first time under a government-to-government deal at $450 a tonne including cost, freight and insurance, Food ...