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    Sri Lanka's reform of banning fertilizers and pesticides only lasted for 6 months and ended in failure

    • Last Update: 2021-12-01
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    World agricultural nets Chinese news report: 21 local time, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Agriculture said that to ensure food security , including the immediate lifting of herbicides and pesticides all, including agricultural chemicals ban on goods, which marks the country's overall The reform of organic agriculture lasted only 6 months, and the effort to become the world's first comprehensive organic agriculture country officially ended in failure
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    The island nation has been in a severe economic crisis, and lack of foreign exchange has led to shortages of food, crude oil and other necessities
    .
    The authorities last month lifted the fertilizer import restrictions on tea, which is the country’s main source of export revenue
    .
    Before farmers’ organizations planned to stage a protest in the capital, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Agriculture said it would end the broader ban on all agrochemicals, including herbicides and pesticides
    .
     
    Since the ban on the import of chemical fertilizers and pesticides was first implemented in May, large tracts of farmland across Sri Lanka have been abandoned
    .
    In the past week, the prices of rice, vegetables and other staple foods in Sri Lanka have all doubled, and the shortage has worsened
    .
    Supermarkets everywhere also implement quantitative sales of rice, and each customer can only buy 5 kilograms of rice
    .
    Last month, due to insufficient organic fertilizers, both the quality and yield of tea declined.
    The Sri Lankan government resumed the import of some chemical fertilizers used in tea cultivation
    .

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    The island nation has been in a severe economic crisis, and lack of foreign exchange has led to shortages of food, crude oil and other necessities
    .
    The authorities last month lifted the fertilizer import restrictions on tea, which is the country’s main source of export revenue
    .
    Before farmers’ organizations planned to stage a protest in the capital, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Agriculture said it would end the broader ban on all agrochemicals, including herbicides and pesticides
    .
     
    Since the ban on the import of chemical fertilizers and pesticides was first implemented in May, large tracts of farmland across Sri Lanka have been abandoned
    .
    In the past week, the prices of rice, vegetables and other staple foods in Sri Lanka have all doubled, and the shortage has worsened
    .
    Supermarkets everywhere also implement quantitative sales of rice, and each customer can only buy 5 kilograms of rice
    .
    Last month, due to insufficient organic fertilizers, both the quality and yield of tea declined.
    The Sri Lankan government resumed the import of some chemical fertilizers used in tea cultivation
    .
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