Approval granted for several private companies to import chemical fertilizers

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Director of the Fertilizer Secretariat, Chandana Lokuhewage, stated that approval has been granted to several companies that had applied for the importation of chemical fertilizers including urea. However, farmers allege that they continue to suffer without chemical fertilizers.

Farmers in the Giritale Farmers’ Movement have commenced cultivation under two categories under the Maha season this year, using organic fertilizers and chemical fertilizers leftover from previous seasons.

However, farmers point out that the cultivation of organic fertilizers has failed compared to the yields of the crops started using chemical fertilizers.