Steps taken to import fertilizer required for tea cultivation - Minister

 

Necessary measures have been taken to import stocks of fertilizer required for tea cultivation, says Plantation Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana.

Responding to a question raised in the parliament today (November 20), the minister stated that Sri Lanka is currently receiving the fertilizer shipments ordered by the government.

“We had given a very clear guarantee, and in keeping with it, we have imported fertilizer needed for tea cultivation,” the minister added.

According to him, the yield from last year’s tea harvest was 280 million kilograms and a yield of nearly 310 million kilograms is expected this year.

The government has decided to provide fertilizer for other crops such as coconut and rubber as well, the plantation minister said further.