Sri Lanka's Yala rice harvest is good

Usually, Sri Lanka's rice harvest in the Yala season is about 1.6 million to 2 million tons, but this year's rice harvest has increased to 2.6 million tons, enough to meet the country's rice demand throughout the year. Sri Lanka's monthly rice demand is 200,000 tons, about 2.4 million tons for the whole year. This year's total rice harvest has reached 5.8 million tons, including 3.2 million tons in the last Maha season and 2.6 million tons in this Yala season. According to Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries Mahinda Amaraweera, the total amount of rice that can be produced this year is more than 3 million tons. This also makes Sri Lanka has achieved a rice surplus for the first time in many years. He pointed out that due to subsidies provided by the government, lower fertilizer prices, introduction of new rice varieties and promotion of new technologies, the yield of some rice-growing areas has reached a record high. For example, the rice ...