Sri Lanka seeks to turn subsistence farming into agri-business
Nov 06, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka needs to develop and maintain consistent policies and provide appropriate support infrastructure to change subsistence farmers …
Nov 06, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka needs to develop and maintain consistent policies and provide appropriate support infrastructure to change subsistence farmers …
Nov 04, 2009 (LBO) - Sri lanka's Kelani Valley Plantations (KVPL) said a wage hike wrested by estate labour unions has sent it into the red in the September …
Oct 30, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's government, which is ideologically committed to domestic rice production, will import 50,000 metric tons of rice as a …
Oct 28, 2009 (LBO) - Puttalam in Sri Lanka's northwest is rapidly running out of groundwater due to paddy farming, with the water table falling alarmingly and …
Oct 23, 2009 (LBO) - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) said it has partnered with a unit of the listed Chemical Industries (Colombo) (CIC) to …
Oct 22, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's production of black tea in September 2009 fell three percent to 25. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the …
Oct 16, 2009 (LBO) - Prices of Sri Lanka's high grown teas rose at this week's Colombo auctions with brokers saying the market is likely to remain buoyed by a …
Octo 15, 2009 (LBO) - Real wage rates earned by Sri Lanka's plantations workers had been virtually stagnant for years, according to a report by a think tank. …
Oct 09, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan prime minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake has called for lower consumption of sugar, saying diabetes was on the increase, and …
Oct 09, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has developed new varieties of cinnamon with higher yields and chemical properties that are sought after in the food, …
Oct 08, 2009 (LBO) - Prices of teas grown on the estates of regional plantations companies recovered at this week's Colombo auctions, although those of low …
Oct 05, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea exports rose slightly in August from a year ago as production recovered from drought earlier in the year, but shipments for …
Oct 02, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices fell at this week's auction, raising concern that plantations corporations may not enjoy the high price levels …
Sept 30, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's plantations industry has said new wage models are being considered in talks with labour unions after managing to link worker …
Sept 29, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan plantations companies relying mainly on high grown teas such as Maskeliya Plantations and Namunukula Plantations would be …
Sept 29, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan spice traders say they have thwarted an attempt by few processors to push the government to impose an export tax that would …
Sept 25, 2009 (LBO) - Prices of Sri Lanka's high grown teas made by plantation firms rose again at the Colombo auctions this week owing to supply shortages, …
Sept 24, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's production of black tea in August 2009 fell 5.3 percent to 23.9 million kilos from a year ago, with the shortfall coming from …
Sept 21, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's plantations industry is demanding that the government settle long-delayed tax refunds to help bear the cost of a wage hike …
Sept 18, 2009 (LBO) - Theft of spices from Sri Lankan gardens is a serious problem that could kill the trade, the new head of the island's spice traders …