Sri Lanka Allocates 750,000 USD for Home Gardening to Boost Agriculture
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka has allocated 232 million rupees (over 750,000 U.S. dollars) for home gardening projects to empower local agricultural activities in 2024, State Minister of Agriculture Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva said.
Addressing a press conference at the President's Media Center, he said increasing the agricultural yields is a main aim of the government, and they expect a bumper rice harvest of 3.6 million metric tons in the upcoming harvest season.
The demand for rice in Sri Lanka is 2.4 million metric tons a year, he said.
This increase is mainly due to the introduction of advanced agricultural technologies, the state minister said.
The government has also asked farmers to diversify the crops they plant to enhance agricultural resilience, he said.
The state minister said 425 million rupees (about 1.4 million dollars) have been earmarked to develop Sri Lanka's irrigation system, ensuring a consistent and reliable water supply for farmers.
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