H.J.M Seneviratne, 63, slices through yellowed paddy stems dried out by a drought that has destroyed over 95% of his crop and is threatening crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s summer rice harvest
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The Government of Japan through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is providing US$ 4,629,629 to strengthen the production capacity of smallholder paddy farmers in identified districts of the Dry and…
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is working together with the Ministry of Agriculture to increase the productivity and…
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China said on Sunday (27) that it has donated 10.6 million litres of diesel to Sri Lankan farmers and fishermen to facilitate their work in the most affected sectors of agriculture and fishery
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) handed over 780.1 metric tonnes of Urea procured through the UN Central Emergency Relief Fund (UN-CERF) to the Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday (15)
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Farmers quit their fields and hit the streets of New Zealand's cities Thursday (20) in countrywide protests against plans to tax greenhouse emissions from farm animals
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It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilization itself. But today the Tigris is dying
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FAO Representative for Sri Lanka and the Maldives signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday (15) regarding the beneficiary selection and distribution of fertilizer to paddy farmers in Sri Lanka
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An estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and livelihood support is not provided
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Citi Foundation has joined hands with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Sri Lanka to pledge its 70 million rupee contribution, with a primary focus on the diversification of agricultural livelihoods
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