Special fertiliser for tea industry, says President By Sunimalee Dias View(s): View(s):President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has told a special cabinet meeting on Thursday that special fertiliser can be brought down for use in the tea sector although this is not a reversal of the ban on chemical fertiliser application. In response to this request the President had stated that they can import a special fertiliser for the tea industry. It is learnt that this special fertiliser is likely to be new varieties of fertiliser available specially for the tea sector. Commenting on the possible blacklisting of the Qingdao company against the provision of sterile organic fertiliser, he noted that this was a matter left to the two state fertilizer companies and pertaining to the bid document conditions. At present the government is hoping to rely on the locally available liquid nitrogen fertiliser and is likely to identify two suppliers from India to purchase organic fertiliser in future.

Source: Sunday Times October 10, 2021 00:22 UTC