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Following a research, the Agriculture Department has found two new varieties of pomegranates which give higher yields that can be successfully grown in Sri Lanka.
The research team said the two new pomegranate varieties are suitable to be cultivated in Sri Lanka and their efforts have been extremely successful.
These two varieties with high yields and very sweet are to be introduced for cultivation in Sri Lanka in the next few months.
A large quantity of pomegranates and seeds are imported to Sri Lanka from India and other countries.
Therefore, the government loses a large amount of foreign exchange annually.
Aiming to avoid this situation, the two new pomegranate varieties have been identified by the Agriculture Department.
These two new varieties that can be cultivated in the dry zones have now been cultivated in the agricultural research farms of Norochcholai and Weerawila and have proved to be successful. (Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama)
Jaffna Born Sunday, 17 September 2023 11:01 AM
The ideal zone in whole of Sri Lanka for growing both pomegranates and mangoes is Jaffna. It is a very dry land with no rivers or lakes, yet Jaffna unlike India is miraculously never short of water. This is why Indians are eyeing for Jaffna.
Roger D S Sunday, 17 September 2023 11:22 AM
Yes, the pomegranates are mainly from Indian
Param Sunday, 17 September 2023 12:00 PM
Indians consider water as a luxury that was why the Indian Army was shocked to see abundance of water in Jaffna. When the Indian soldiers were torturing the Tamil civilians , they were heard to be saying “ you have water but we don’t have “.
Roger D S Sunday, 17 September 2023 11:19 AM
Should speed up the cultivation of these varieties
Ceylon Lover Sunday, 17 September 2023 12:04 PM
Finally some positive news to read in the morning.
Sri Lankan Sunday, 17 September 2023 03:05 PM
We need more news like this
Tissa Fernando Sunday, 17 September 2023 06:28 PM
Good work.
Do we know that we are a blesed nation? Sunday, 17 September 2023 07:12 PM
Is there a way to get these plants in the Colombo area? There are plenty of empty lands lying in this district, and can be put to good use. It should be a policy of "Not an Inch of land to lie idle." even in cities.
Sambo Monday, 18 September 2023 08:39 AM
Good work. But keep the politicians away. There is nothing impossible if we want to do.
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