Colombo : Sri Lanka According to a media report, the army will participate in an agricultural campaign aimed at cultivating over 1,500 acres of barren or abandoned state land to increase food production and address any future shortfalls. the army established its Green Agriculture Steering Committee (GASC) to supplement and promote the Food Security Program on Thursday Mr. Lanka, which is facing its worst economic crisis since independence Britain in 1948.
The economic crisis has led to a severe shortage of essential items such as food, medicine, cooking gas, fuel and toilet paper, forcing Sri Lankans to queue up outside shops for hours to buy fuel and cooking gas. The emergency project will be launched in early July.
Army will first prepare the land by weeding, plowing and preparing beds for cultivation of selected seed varieties in consultation with agriculture experts, NewsFirst. LK reported on Friday.
President in 2021 Gotabaya Rajapakse Announced a ban on chemical fertilisers, which dealt a severe blow to the production of rice and other essential food items. Before the fertilizer ban Sri Lanka was self-sufficient in rice production. The situation was further aggravated by acute shortage of foreign exchange reserves.
The economic crisis has led to a severe shortage of essential items such as food, medicine, cooking gas, fuel and toilet paper, forcing Sri Lankans to queue up outside shops for hours to buy fuel and cooking gas. The emergency project will be launched in early July.
Army will first prepare the land by weeding, plowing and preparing beds for cultivation of selected seed varieties in consultation with agriculture experts, NewsFirst. LK reported on Friday.
President in 2021 Gotabaya Rajapakse Announced a ban on chemical fertilisers, which dealt a severe blow to the production of rice and other essential food items. Before the fertilizer ban Sri Lanka was self-sufficient in rice production. The situation was further aggravated by acute shortage of foreign exchange reserves.