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09 December 2022
100 inmates to be trained on sustainable agriculture practices COLOMBO, 9 December 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) are working with the Department of Prisons in Sri Lanka to enhance the skills of inmates in...
100 inmates to be trained on sustainable agriculture practices COLOMBO, 9 December 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) are working with the Department of Prisons in Sri Lanka to enhance the skills of inmates in...
05 December 2022
COLOMBO, 5 December 2022 - The United States officially handed over9,300 tonnes of urea fertilizer to the Ministry of Agriculture to distribute to more than 193,000 smallholder paddy farmers in Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya, Anuradhapura, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, and Monaragala districts. The fertilizer, procured by FAO with funding from the U.S....
COLOMBO, 5 December 2022 - The United States officially handed over9,300 tonnes of urea fertilizer to the Ministry of Agriculture to distribute to more than 193,000 smallholder paddy farmers in Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya, Anuradhapura, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, and Monaragala districts. The fertilizer, procured by FAO with funding from the U.S....
25 November 2022
COLOMBO, 25 November 2022 – The United Kingdom through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is providing GBP 880,000 (USD 1,043,395) to strengthen the food and nutrition security of marginal fishers in Tangalle, Negombo, Colombo, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Puttalam, Chilaw, and Mannar. In light of World Fisheries...
COLOMBO, 25 November 2022 – The United Kingdom through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is providing GBP 880,000 (USD 1,043,395) to strengthen the food and nutrition security of marginal fishers in Tangalle, Negombo, Colombo, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Puttalam, Chilaw, and Mannar. In light of World Fisheries...
15 November 2022
Distribution to smallholder paddy farmers in four districts to commence this week COLOMBO, 15 November 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) handed over 780.1 MT of Urea procured through the UN Central Emergency Relief Fund (UN-CERF) to the Ministry of Agriculture today. 15,619 farmers cultivating paddy...
Distribution to smallholder paddy farmers in four districts to commence this week COLOMBO, 15 November 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) handed over 780.1 MT of Urea procured through the UN Central Emergency Relief Fund (UN-CERF) to the Ministry of Agriculture today. 15,619 farmers cultivating paddy...
11 November 2022
COLOMBO, 11 November 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding through USAID, is planning to distribute 9,300 MT of Urea to smallholder paddy farmers cultivating paddy on land holdings up to 2.5 acres in Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya, Anuradhapura, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, and Monaragala...
COLOMBO, 11 November 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding through USAID, is planning to distribute 9,300 MT of Urea to smallholder paddy farmers cultivating paddy on land holdings up to 2.5 acres in Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya, Anuradhapura, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, and Monaragala...
