Every year, approximately 500,000 metric tonnes of fruit and vegetables are lost – enough to feed the country for up to four months. Among the causes are poor transportation and packaging. Losses ...

India and Sri Lanka have launched a new phase of agricultural collaboration through their first Joint Working Group meeting ...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has helped seven countries secure US$ 5.8 million in financing from the Kunming Biodiversity Fund (KBF) to integrate biodiversity into ...

Sri Lanka has partially reversed a hasty decision to experiment with farming, but the country and its citizens are already paying for this bad mistake in the form of a food crisis. President Gotabaya ...

USAID administrator Samantha Power, left, speaks with agriculture specialists of UN's FAO and rice farmers during a visit to a paddy field in Ja-Ela on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kirin Holdings Company, Ltd. (Kirin Holdings) (TOKYO: 2503) and Kirin Beverage Company, Ltd. (Kirin Beverage) have been working with the Rainforest Alliance since October 2023 ...

Cargills (Ceylon) PLC presented educational scholarships to students from farming communities at a ceremony held on 29th August 2025, an initiative which is part of Cargills’ Sarubima programme. The ...

Earlier this year, Sri Lanka banned imports of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, part of its effort to embrace organic-only farming. The project has left farmers without access to vital tools and ...

Sri Lanka is opening up its farmland to attract international investment and is keen on building business partnerships with Gulf based firms. Speaking to Emirates 24l7, Sri Lanka's Consul General in ...

COLOMBO January 17, 2017 — Sri Lanka has signed a US$125 million credit with the World Bank to help the country modernize its agriculture sector. Sri Lanka aims to make the sector more efficient and ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The United States on Saturday announced $40 million in aid to buy fertilizer and other key agricultural inputs in time for the next cultivation season in crisis-hit Sri Lanka ...