Views - 320 Friday, 15 February 2019 00:00
The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) in a statement to media said it was deeply concerned about media pick up which highlighted inaccurate and inflammatory statements,purportedlyby Public Enterprise and Kandyan City DevelopmentMinisterLakshman
Views - 10 Friday, 15 February 2019 00:00
Making steady progress in its efforts to improve housing and living conditions for estate sector employees, the Plantations Human Development Trust (PHDT) announced the completion of housing and infrastructure development projects to the value of Rs.
Views - 12 Friday, 15 February 2019 00:00
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board (SLAB), hosted a series of certified auditor training sessions on Food Safety Management System (FSMS) based on ISO 22000:2018; th
Views - 107 Friday, 15 February 2019 00:00
Pedro Estate situated in Nuwara Eliya has established an all time record price at this week’s tea auction held on 13 February by securing an attractive price of Rs. 1,050 for a BOPF grade selling under the ‘Lovers Leap’ mark. This line of t
Views - 73 Friday, 15 February 2019 00:00
11 February marked the beginning of the 26th International Exhibition for Food, Beverages, and Food Raw Materials (PRODEXPO), which will be held until 15 February at the Expocentre in Moscow. As in previous years, with the support from the Sri Lanka
Views - 99 Friday, 8 February 2019 00:00
The Sri Lankan tea industry witnessed a moderate slowdown with decline in production, averages and exports in comparison to year 2017. The industry’s export revenue continues to witness static growth when compared to previous years. The fundamental
Views - 48 Friday, 8 February 2019 00:00
By Divya Thotawatte After more than a decade the Primary Industries Ministry is planning to re-establish a marketing board for spices and has requested an allocation of Rs. 1.4 billion from the Government to boost spice exports from 5,000 export vill
Views - 44 Friday, 8 February 2019 00:00
NDB Leasing and business customers can enjoy a special interest rate of 13.5% until 31 July, through ‘Smart Agri Leasing’ by NDB Leasing. This offer is available to support the vehicle requirements of customers involved in agriculture, poultry, f
Views - 97 Tuesday, 5 February 2019 01:25
With reference to the article titled ‘Western corporations funding huge expansion of eco-damaging dairy factory farms in Sri Lanka, study finds’, reported by UK’s Independent newspaper and published in Daily FT on 29 January, following is the r
Views - 112 Tuesday, 5 February 2019 01:25
Pothotuwa Tea Factory equalled its all-time record price of Rs. 1,500 and Dellawa Tea Processing Centre achieved an all-time record price of Rs. 1,500 for a BOPF grade in the Low Grown category at the Tea Auctions held on 29 January. Dellawa is inte
Views - 57 Tuesday, 29 January 2019 03:07
Nuwara Eliya estate situated in Labookelle has established an all-time record price at last week’s tea auction held on 22January. A liquoring OP grade of this estate selling under the ‘Inverness’ mark sold at an attractive price of Rs.980per k
Views - 49 Tuesday, 29 January 2019 03:04
Tea production in 2018 had declined by 3.8 million kilos or 1.2% to 303.8 million kilos, with Low Growns suffering the steepest fall whilst CTC production reached a record high. According to Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers, Low Growns crop declined by
Views - 546 Friday, 25 January 2019 00:00
World production of tea could well reach 6 billion kg in 2018. A review of published data of the International Tea Committee (ITC) shows 2017 achieving 5.8 billion against 5.5 the year before. These numbers are driven to a great extent by China’s a
Views - 55 Tuesday, 22 January 2019 00:05
Under the proposed Sri Lanka Development Policy Framework’s Megapolis project, the Western region will have an estimated population of nine million by the year 2030. Whilst focusing on building the infrastructure, planning and policy making, it is
Views - 111 Monday, 21 January 2019 00:00
Dr. Tarek Kotb, the Country Program Manager of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Mission’s Asia and Pacific region has called on Sri Lanka’s Minister of Plantation Industries Navin Dissanayake at his Ministry.Through the IFAD
Views - 40 Monday, 21 January 2019 00:00
Boosting much needed farmer income and even blocking domestic market manipulations by the country’s large rice miller oligopoly, Sri Lankan Cooperative System is taking on a new challenge. The Cooperative sector – hitherto been on the rice distri
Views - 46 Monday, 21 January 2019 00:00
On the sidelines of entering into a five-year agreement to boost partnership, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) last week recognised Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena for his contribution to the development of agriculture. A
Views - 37 Friday, 18 January 2019 00:00
MUMBAI (Reuters): India’s sugar exports are likely to be far lower than a 5 million-tonne target set by New Delhi as a strengthening rupee and falling global prices make shipments unattractive despite a government push for overseas sales, industry
Views - 69 Friday, 18 January 2019 00:00
The Journal of Agricultural Sciences – Sri Lanka (JAS-SL) has received its highest evaluation to be indexed in Scopus, the largest abstract and the citation database by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB). Following the completion of titl
Views - 55 Friday, 18 January 2019 00:00
The Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC) recently marked its latest iteration of their Plant a Tree – Save The Planet, annual tree planting program. This year’s project was carried out in Padavigama, Meegalewa at the Sri Mahindaramaya Temple. Over 1,
Views - 55 Monday, 14 January 2019 00:43
Western Province governorate and Hainan Province in China will shortly sign an agreement to cooperate with each other to develop new techniques in agricultural projects in Sri Lanka.
Views - 46 Monday, 14 January 2019 00:42
One of the well-known manufacturers of high quality tea in Sri Lanka, Lucky Kottawa Tea Factory received an award of National Excellence in Small Scale, Manufacturing Sector, National Level at Social Dialog &Workplace Cooperation Awards 2018 organise
Views - 35 Monday, 14 January 2019 00:41
Craighead Estate located in Nawalapitiya is bordered by the beautiful Gampola Valley to the east, the stunning Dolosbage Hills to the west, Adams Peak to the south and the Pidurutalagala Mountain range to the north.
Views - 37 Monday, 14 January 2019 00:37
Pothotuwa Tea Factory situated in a low grown elevation produces teas of fine character and taste. Attention to detail in tea processing has seen the factory achieve all-time record prices of Rs. 1,500 for two low grown BOPF lines at the second sale
Views - 76 Thursday, 10 January 2019 01:47
GENEVA (Reuters): The palm oil industry is deploying tactics similar to those of the alcohol and tobacco industries to influence research into the health effects of its product, a study published by the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Evid
Views - 63 Thursday, 10 January 2019 01:46
Argus Media has announced that the Sri Lankan Government has declared the maximum price that private-sector importers can pay for imported cargoes for the 1Q19. Argus Media reported: “The Government has reduced the ceiling price for imported urea t
Views - 119 Thursday, 10 January 2019 01:46
A delegation from the dairy sector in the Netherlands will be visiting Sri Lanka during the period of 14 to 17 January. The delegation will include companies specialising in storage of feed, processing and cooling equipment, technology consultation,
Views - 357 Thursday, 27 December 2018 01:08
What is the most important element in an agricultural value chain? An agricultural value chain is a collection of many stakeholders. Some of these stakeholders are rent seekers, such as the middle tradesman, transporters and buyers (including exporte
Views - 230 Thursday, 27 December 2018 01:06
Plantation Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake has reappointed Udaya Rupasinghe as the Chairman of the Coconut Development Authority (CDA) and Wijeratne Devagedara as the Chairman of the Tea Smallholdings Development Authority (TSHDA). The appoi
Views - 74 Thursday, 27 December 2018 01:03
Kuala Lumpur (Reuters): Malaysia, the world’s second-largest palm oil producer, is reviewing the duty structure for its exports of the edible oil, according to its minister in charge of agriculture produced for export, to boost demand and reduce bu
Monday, 18 February 2019
That coach who repeatedly slapped a boy under his care has generated a storm of controversy on social media. On one side are aunties, bleeding hearts, civil rights champions et al who are outraged or at the very least shocked or surprised. On the oth
Monday, 18 February 2019
Strong message in the Sri Lanka Development Update 2019 Sri Lanka Development Update for 2019 was released by the World Bank last week. This document contains a review by the bank’s residential staff of the present state of the country’s economy
Monday, 18 February 2019
The matters referred to in the article under this title published in the Daily FT (15 February) are spotlighted in more detail under this scrutiny. While the general attention of the public remains more focused on recently arrested underworld kingpin
Monday, 18 February 2019
Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe (WR) has joined President Sirisena’s reckless verbal onslaught on the Constitutional Council (CC) that was set up by the 19th Amendment (Daily Mirror 15 February). I use “verbal onslaught” intentionally since, as
