Sri Lanka’s president banned chemical fertilizers, and paid for it. Where does that leave organic farming?

Sea cucumber farming is a relatively new industry in Sri Lanka, but it has quickly gained popularity due to its potential for high profits.

Then came Sri Lanka’s sudden, and disastrous, turn toward organic farming. The government campaign, ostensibly driven by health concerns, lasted only seven months.

A new publication from the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) finds strong evidence that tobacco farming is not a particularly lucrative enterprise for most smallholder tobacco farmers in ...

Sri Lanka’s president banned chemical fertilizers, and paid for it. Where does that leave organic farming?

Sri Lanka has announced compensation for more than a million rice farmers whose crops failed under a botched scheme to establish the world’s first 100-percent organic farming nation.

Sri Lanka’s drive towards agricultural modernisation has brought to the fore children of farmers to be trained to man the smart technology – drones for paddy cultivation. Sons and daughters of farmers ...

The dramatic implosion of Sri Lanka’s economy has a lot of culprits. Is organic farming one of them? The right and contrarian types are seizing on the country’s banning of chemical fertilizers ...

Palekar also hit out at organic farming saying it would take the country the Sri Lanka way. This is because inputs used in organic farming are too expensive and the yield does not match the cost.

This week on The Inquiry we ask, did organic farming cause Sri Lanka’s collapse? (Anti government protesters invade the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 July 22 Credit: Tharaka ...

Since the downfall of Sri Lanka’s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in mid-July, some commentators have blamed the economic crisis and social unrest that precipitated his departure on his ...