Sri Lanka has received the entire amount of Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertilizer required for paddy cultivation for Maha season.
This stock of fertilizer has been imported from Canada at a cost of USD 40 million.
The total stock of fertilizer consisting of 41,876 metric tons was officially handed over to Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera by the Secretary of the Ministry of Irrigation and Mahaweli Development. D. C. Jayalal.
The Ministry had taken steps to buy MOP fertilizer by spending the money provided to the Mahaweli Water Security Investment Programme, which is funded by the Asian Development Bank.
MOP fertilizer is given to the farmers for paddy cultivation in our country after two seasons as it was not imported after chemical fertilizers were banned in 2021.
“Therefore, during the 2022/23 Maha Season, the use of MOP fertilizer will lead to a high yield in paddy cultivation, said Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera while attending this event. The Minister also declared that the gratitude of the entire farming community should go to Irrigation Minister Roshan Ranasinghe who spent dollars allocated for a project owned by the Ministry of Irrigation to provide MOP fertilizer to farmers.
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