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Last Updated : 2024-05-04 00:05:00
Colombo, April 22 (Daily Mirror) - The Agriculture Department revealed today that 71 percent of the total cultivated land, other than paddy cultivation, was damaged in the 2023–24 Maha season due to heavy rains and floods.
Accordingly, a total of 68,131 hectares of land cultivated with vegetables and other crops have been destroyed in the country during 2023–24 due to the heavy rains and floods.
In addition, 100,000 hectares of paddy fields cultivated during the Maha season during the same period were also damaged due to heavy rains and floods.
Apart from this, another 23,874 hectares of land cultivated with vegetables and other crops were affected by pests and other diseases, totaling 27 percent of the damaged cultivated land.
However, in April, vegetable and fruit cultivation has improved once again and the harvest has increased by now.
The Agriculture Department also said that due to the favorable weather conditions, especially during February and March, vegetable and other crop cultivation have been very successful, and therefore the prices of vegetables have decreased significantly.
Hiran Muthukuda Monday, 22 April 2024 03:53 PM
Don't you think these free educated agriculturist and engineers should come up with a permanent solution to adverse weather related agriculture disasters. These crop losses have being happening year in year out and the responsible offices are dumb struck. They have come to terms that this is there to happen while authorities in the middle east are thriving in agriculture on those sand dunes. This free education is absolute waste of tax payers money.
Tissa Fernando Tuesday, 23 April 2024 09:34 AM
This is your opportunity to be a hero by giving a practical solution that could be implemented. I guess that you do not need to be the President of the country for that right? If you do not have one then focus on something that you can do to solve any other issue.
Ganesh Tuesday, 23 April 2024 01:49 AM
Keep using chemical fertilizer and watch soil degradation happen even more rapidly. Think it’s time we look at alternate methods of farming such as vertical farms and drip irrigation. Soil needs time to recover. In the UAE they are growing rice and other vegetables. We can learn a thing or two from them. We need a more scientific approach.
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