Courtesy Hiru News

The Fertilizer Secretariat states that samples of environmentally friendly nano nitrogen liquid fertilizer imported from India have been sent for testing.

Fertilizer Secretariat Deputy Director Kasun Mahathanthila told the Hiru News team that once the quality of the fertilizer samples are confirmed by the test reports, steps will be taken to provide them to farmers through Agrarian Service Centers.

Accordingly, the relevant stock of liquid fertilizer in the Central Warehousing Complex of the Wattala – Hunupitiya Colombo Commercial Fertilizer Company is currently being released to its regional warehouses, he said.

The first consignment of nano nitrogen liquid fertilizer from the Indian state of Gujarat was brought to Sri Lanka this morning.

Farmers in various parts of the country are still protesting, saying that they are unable to cultivate due to the lack of fertilizers and agrochemicals. Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa had also attended a farmers’ protest in Dompe, Gampaha.

Meanwhile, Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture Prof. Udith Jayasinghe stated that the gazette notification containing the clause pertaining to the suspension of the import of chemical fertilizers was prepared on wrong instructions.

He told the Hiru News team that the majority in the agriculture sector regretted the failure to provide proper information in preparing the relevant gazette notification.

Meanwhile, an adjournment debate is scheduled to be held in Parliament tomorrow on issues related to fertilizer.