- කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශය කියයි
අකිත පෙරේරා
කුරක්‌කන්, උඳු, තල, බඩ ඉරිඟු සහ රටකජු යන ධාන්‍ය වර්ග පහ මේ වසරේ සිට මෙරටට ආනයනය කිරීම අත්හිටුවීමට කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශය තීරණය කර තිබේ.
අදාළ ධාන්‍යවර්ග දේශීයව වැඩි වශයෙන් වගා කිරීම මෙහි අරමුණ වන අතර දැනටමත් බඩඉරිඟු නිෂ්පාදනය ඉහළ ගොස්‌ ඇතැයිද අමාත්‍යාංශය කියා සිටී.
මෙම ධාන්‍ය වර්ග මෙරටට ආනයනය නොකිරීම තුළින් විශාල විදේශ විනිමයක්‌ ඉතිරිකර ගත හැකි වන අතර අදාළ ධාන්‍ය වර්ග මෙරට තුළ නිෂ්පාදනය වැඩිකිරීම ගොවීන් දිරිගන්වන බවද කෘෂිකර්ම අමත්‍යාංශය වැඩිදුරටත් පවසයි.
http://www.divaina.com/2012/01/30/news18.html
Govt moves to increase production of chilli, onion etc. to save exchange
By Pabodha Hettige
President Mahinda Rajapaksa had requested the Ministry of Agriculture to initiate a programme to achieve self sufficiency in production of additional crops such as green gram, maize, onions, cow pea, chilli and peanuts, Additional Secretary to the Ministry, S. Emitiyagoda said.
"The ministry has taken steps to set up zones to cultivate such crops in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Puttlam and many other districts in the dry zone," he said.
In 2011, five billion rupees worth of dry chillies, bombay onions worth over six billion rupees and red onions worth over six billion rupees had been imported to the country.
Sri Lanka annually needs 200,000 tonnes of maize, 100,000 tonnes of Bombay onions, 20,000 tonnes of chilli and 25,000 tonnes of green grams to satisfy the domestic needs.
In order to increase the production of the additional crops the ministry had received Rs. 450 million under Api Wawamu Rata Nagamu programme, Emitiyagoda said.
The ministry had also initiated a programme to set up rice export zones at a cost of Rs. 200 million in order to increase rice exports up to 200,000 tons by 2015.
Sri Lanka currently produces an excess of 300,000 tons of rice per year after satisfying the country’s domestic demand.
Currently Sri Lanka exports nearly 10,000 tons of rice to overseas markets. The ministry would also implement programmes to produce rice varieties, which has a high demand in international markets, Emitiyagoda said.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=44225
President Mahinda Rajapaksa had requested the Ministry of Agriculture to initiate a programme to achieve self sufficiency in production of additional crops such as green gram, maize, onions, cow pea, chilli and peanuts, Additional Secretary to the Ministry, S. Emitiyagoda said.
"The ministry has taken steps to set up zones to cultivate such crops in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Puttlam and many other districts in the dry zone," he said.
In 2011, five billion rupees worth of dry chillies, bombay onions worth over six billion rupees and red onions worth over six billion rupees had been imported to the country.
Sri Lanka annually needs 200,000 tonnes of maize, 100,000 tonnes of Bombay onions, 20,000 tonnes of chilli and 25,000 tonnes of green grams to satisfy the domestic needs.
In order to increase the production of the additional crops the ministry had received Rs. 450 million under Api Wawamu Rata Nagamu programme, Emitiyagoda said.
The ministry had also initiated a programme to set up rice export zones at a cost of Rs. 200 million in order to increase rice exports up to 200,000 tons by 2015.
Sri Lanka currently produces an excess of 300,000 tons of rice per year after satisfying the country’s domestic demand.
Currently Sri Lanka exports nearly 10,000 tons of rice to overseas markets. The ministry would also implement programmes to produce rice varieties, which has a high demand in international markets, Emitiyagoda said.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=44225
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