BY Buddhika SamaraweeraTwo State-owned companies have been instructed to purchase and distribute organic fertiliser produced locally by various companies and to distribute them among farmers through the Agrarian Development Department. (formerly the Colombo Commercial Company Ltd.) and the Ceylon Fertiliser Company Ltd.“Local companies are currently manufacturing organic fertiliser according to their capacity. Ranasinghe also said that all organic fertiliser products purchased in this manner should comply with the standards introduced by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI). Attygalle, speaking to The Morning, said that no chemical fertiliser would be imported in bulk as had been done previously. The list includes nitrogen fertiliser, phosphate fertiliser, potassium fertiliser, fertilisers containing such minerals and chemical fertilisers containing a combination of fertilising elements.

Source: The Nation August 31, 2021 18:00 UTC