Courtesy World Food Programme COLOMBO – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over a substantial consignment of 4,700mt of soya beans and maize to Sri Lanka Thriposha Limited, to support the continuation of the Thriposha fortified food programme. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) facilitated the handover at a special event […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera says the prevailing arid weather has destroyed at least 39,000 acres of paddy land across the country thus far. A comprehensive report on the paddy crop damages is expected to be released in the coming weeks, the lawmaker said further while addressing an event. It is estimated that […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government has slashed the import tax on maize, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says. Accordingly, the import tax of Rs. 75.00 on 1 kilogram of maize has been reduced to Rs. 25.00 with effect from Thursday (Aug. 17). Taking to Twitter, Siyambalapitiya explained that the move aims to bring down the […]

Courtesy Ada Derana The government intends to recultivate 11,000 acres of abandoned paddy lands before the end of this year in a bid to prepare for a potential food crisis, State Minister of Agriculture Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva said. The state minister pointed out that the program for harvesting abandoned paddy lands is being implemented […]

DR. BECCY CORKILL Courtesy IFLScience Using cinnamon in your homebakes? You may be barking up the wrong tree. Cinnamon is synonymous with the Christmas season – in pumpkin spice lattes, dense spice cake, and gooey cinnamon rolls, it is a key staple of the cozy aesthetic that many people fantasize about. So, it may be […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Presidential Secretariat on Tuesday (June 13) strongly denied the claims published in multiple media reports asserting that 7.5 million Sri Lankans were lacking adequate meals. Speaking on the matter, the Additional Secretary of Presidential Secretariat Dr. Sulakshana Jayawardena noted that contrary to these reports, the Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) […]

Courtesy Adaderana An easy-maintenance water plant gifted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences commenced operations on Monday (12) in Methiakka, Matale, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka revealed. Accordingly, the Embassy noted that through the project, 120,000 litres of ground water will be converted to drinking water, sufficing for a total of 800 villagers in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Food security in Sri Lanka is improving across all provinces, according to the Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) report jointly carried out in February/March 2023 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).  The report estimates 3.9 million people or 17 percent […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has given the nod to provide 10kg of rice per month to 850,000 more low-income families in the country. On 16 January 2023, cabinet approval was given to provide 2 million low-income families with a rice quota of 10kg for a two-month period. However, the government has identified that […]

Courtesy https://wholesalemanager.co.uk/ Coconutea is launching a range of six drinks to the coconut water category after it identified a gap in the UK market for premium offering. A ‘superfood in a bottle’ it combines the magic of pure coconut water and green tea celebrating the king coconut grown in Sri Lanka. With a 35% growth […]

Courtesy Adaderana The State Trade Corporation (STC) says the distribution of imported eggs to bakery owners commenced this evening (March 29). A spokesperson of the STC stated that the stock of eggs imported from India would be provided for the bakery owners at a rate of Rs. 35 per egg. A shortage of eggs emerged in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The report on the batch of imported eggs from India is scheduled to be released tomorrow (29 March), Director General of Animal Production and Health Dr. Hemamali Kotelawala stated. However, although nearly  a week has passed since the arrival of the stock of eggs, the Department of Animal Production and Health are yet to […]

Courtesy Hiru News Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said the government will further negotiate with the International Monetary Fund to provide more relief to low-income earners. Addressing an event held to distribute free rice to low income earners under the government’s paddy purchase program in Maharagama, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said many countries have pledged to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera says that the programme to distribute rice free of charge for 2.9 million families will commence tomorrow (March 27). Thus, the government has planned to distribute the paddy bought from farmers during this Maha season after converting them into rice. The Agricultural Minister also highlighted that the government […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A national program that currently provides a mid-day meal for schoolchildren will be doubled from the start of the next school term, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said. He said the ministry is currently providing a mid-day meal for 1.1 million schoolchildren. The program was kicked off in January with the support […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Japan has contributed an additional US$6.6 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide critical food and nutrition assistance to over one million Sri Lankans. Through this funding, WFP will provide families with food baskets comprising rice, pulses and cooking oil, to meet half their monthly food […]

By Thomas Tarantelli Courtesy Food Safety Tech The Sol Andino brand of ground cumin was found to contain 1090 ppm lead. Laboratory reports recently acquired by the Freedom of Information Law from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets show the Sol Andino brand ground cumin to contain 1090 ppm lead as well […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Treasury has released a circular on the government’s program for purchasing and distribution of paddy. The circular has been issued under the signature of the Treasury Secretary, K.M. Mahinda Siriwardena, on the direction of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policy. >The objective of the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Approximately 3.9 million families in the country live expecting help from the government, and therefore, the government has decided to provide them with 10kg of rice each free of charge in the months of March and April, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. Addressing the media, he said the government’s paddy […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the government officials to take the necessary measures to purchase a kilo of paddy at a guaranteed price of Rs. 100. The President further said that the Northern Province and Jaffna District will be developed as a province capable of supplying food to Sri Lanka, the President’s Media […]

Courtesy Adaderana An initial shipment of 600 metric tons of fortified rice funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) arrived in Sri Lanka last week to support the Government of Sri Lanka’s national school meal program. Through ongoing initiatives as well as new funding and food shipments, the United States is working with […]

Courtesy Adaderana The High Commission of Pakistan in Colombo has rebutted a statement made by the Director-General of the Animal Production & Health Department that no eggs can be imported from India or Pakistan due to the outbreak of bird flu. In a letter addressed to the Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Ministry, the high commission […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් බිත්තරයක් රුපියල් 40ට අඩුවෙන් පාරිභෝගිකයාට ලබාදීමේ හැකියාව තිබියදී මහා පරිමාණ බිත්තර නිෂ්පාදකයන් අධික ලාභයක් ලබාගැනීමේ අරමුණෙන් මේ වනවිට කූඨ ව්‍යාපාරික කටයුත්තක නියැලී සිටින බව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව පවසා සිටියේ මේ වනවිට ඇතිව තිබෙන බිත්තර ප්‍රශ්නය පිළිබඳව විමසීම සඳහා පාරිභෝගික සේවා අධිකාරියේ නිලධාරීන් […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to provide 10kg of rice per month to 02 million low-income families including Samurdhi beneficiaries for a period of two months. Accordingly, the government will purchase 61,600 metric tons of paddy to meet the requirement of 40,000 Metric Tons. This […]

BY Sumudu Chamara Courtesy The Morning Balancing consumer demand for cheap protein against the low level risk of possibly introducing Avian influenza/bird flu and evading local egg production industry issues Sri Lanka is struggling to deal with what could be described as one of the most controversial food-related issues stemming from the economic crisis. The […]

Courtesy Adaderana Trade Minister Nalin Fernando has submitted the proposal to the Cabinet of Ministers to import eggs.  Accordingly, the Cabinet has directed him to take necessary steps to do so.

Courtesy Hindustan Times President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued the orders to ensure public health safety, officials said. Sri Lanka on Saturday suspended the transportation of beef and mutton at district and provincial levels after a large number of cattle and goats died in the last two days due to unusually cold weather in areas of north […]

Courtesy Adaderana A new consignment of 1,000 metric tonnes (100,000 packs) of rice donated by China reached Colombo Port this morning (Nov. 19). This rice consignment will be distributed to island-wide schools, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said in a tweet. According to the embassy, China has so far donated 7,000 metric tonnes of rice […]

Courtesy Adaderana The National Council sub-committee on national policy which met on Nov. 10 has decided to appoint a sub-committee made up of representatives of all the relevant institutions to formulate policies related to ensuring food security in this country. This was decided at the meeting of National Council sub-committee on identifying short and medium-term […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror For the first time from Sri Lanka, arrangements have been made to export the first consignment of sour banana to the Dubai Market on November 26, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. He said 12,500kg of sour bananas in a 40′ container will be exported to Dubai market later this month. Sri […]