Fillip for farmers in North
by Mohammed Naalir
On the directive of Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane a
program has been launched to improve the facilities of Agrarian Service
Centres with a view to store fertilisers and seed paddy for the Northern
farmers and to purchase their harvest, Agriculture Ministry sources
said.
This program has been implemented after the end of the three decade
of unrest in the Northern province.
On the directive of Minister Abeywardane plans are afoot to dispatch
155 containers, each 20 feet in length to the North within 10 days to
store the seed paddy and fertiliser for the farmers for systematic
distribution.
A meeting was held at the Agriculture Ministry under the patronage of
Ministry Secretary and with the participation of Agriculture Department
officers and World Food Program (WFP) officers in relation to this
program.
The containers which are to be sent to the North will be used as
temporary stores to distribute seed paddy and fertiliser to the farmers
and will be used to store the Maha Season paddy harvest, the sources
added.
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