Sri Lanka government to formulate program on agriculture seeds

By Buddhika Samaraweera The Agriculture Ministry of Sri Lanka is to formulate and implement a programme to carry out all activities such as the production and importation, distribution, and regulation of agricultural seeds through the School of Agriculture Government Farm (Seed Processing) in Kundasale under the Agriculture Department, The Morning learns. During a visit to the said farm on 9 January, Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage has stated that a programme should be implemented to carry out activities pertaining to the production, importation, distribution, and regulation of seeds through the said farm. He has also instructed the officials of the farm to obtain the relevant information and submit a report on the demand for seeds in the country and local seed production as soon as possible, as it has been revealed that the Agriculture Department does not have accurate information on such. Accordingly, officials have been instructed to submit a complete report ...