Millions of Sri Lankan farmers are being hard hit by ongoing government attempts to impose the burden of the country’s unprecedented economic crisis on the working class and the rural masses ...

Mystery kidney disease killing Sri Lankan farmers. Associated Press. ... which affects an estimated 70,000 to 400,000 people in Sri Lanka's rice ... Rice paddies and vegetable fields soon dotted ...

H.J.M Seneviratne, 63, slices through yellowed paddy stems dried out by a drought that has destroyed over 95% of his crop and is threatening crisis-hit Sri Lanka's summer rice harvest.

GALENBINDUNUWEWA, Sri Lanka—For more than half a century, Pahatha Mellange Jayaappu has tilled the field on his modest farm in Sri Lanka’s agricultural heartland, unswayed by recurrent ...

Australia ensures strong bond with Sri Lankan farmers to improve agriculture. by Gayan Abeykoon May 19, 2025. May 19 ... The symposium was hosted by the Australia’s MDF in collaboration with the Lanka ...

If Sri Lanka does this, it can ensure a future that is food secure, environmentally sustainable, and people-centered, because smallholder farmers in the country account for 85% of its food production.

The event brought together over 3,000 participants, including farmers, government officials, private sector representatives, and members of the public, to witness the demonstrations of 10 innovative ...

During the last El Nino in 2016/17, Sri Lanka suffered its worst drought in 40 years and rice output fell by nearly 50% year-on-year to 2.4 million metric tons over both its harvests.

H.J.M Seneviratne, 63, slices through yellowed paddy stems dried out by a drought that has destroyed over 95% of his crop and is threatening crisis-hit Sri Lanka's summer rice harvest. Helped by a ...