Sri Lanka desiccated coconut exports restrained by nut shortfall
Jan 21, 2008 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's exports of desiccated coconut (DC) were far below the island's potential last year due to insufficient coconuts to keep mills …
Agriculture
Sri Lanka coconut prices may ease, but not much
Jan 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan coconut prices which have soared in recent months are expected to ease by end-February as new crops come in but will …
Sri Lanka stops pepper exports to India under free trade deal
Jan 14, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has stopped exporting pepper under the Indo-Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA) because of restrictions imposed by India, a …
Sri Lankan betel farmers benefit from Pakistan buying: minister
Jan 12, 2008 (LBO) – Pakistan's removal of a quota on Sri Lankan betel leaf exports has helped raise the quality of life among growers in three of the …
Sri Lanka should fund sustainable agri changes instead of subsidies: think tank
Jan 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's government should divert funds from agriculture subsidies to improving market linkages of rural farmers on the lines of …
Sri Lankan tea may be lifted by Kenyan unrest
Jan 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices could be pushed higher if violence in Kenya, the world's biggest tea exporter, disrupts supplies to the world …
Sri Lankan cloves to be dearer on shortfall
Dec 31, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan cloves growers are seen benefiting from an expected rise in prices owing to a shortfall in production in the island and …
Sri Lanka’s cinnamon farmers seek divine help to spice up trade
SEENIGAMA, Sri Lanka, Dec 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka at the weekend revived an ancient ritual of offering the first cinnamon harvest to the gods, three years …
No Sri Lanka eco clearance for Booker Tate project yet
Dec 09, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has not given environmental clearance for a controversial sugar project yet and its first application for approval has …
Sri Lanka in new push on agriculture
Nov 30, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is getting 360 million dollars in concessionary aid from Iran to build a multipurpose irrigation project that will …
Sri Lanka to raise milch cows on grazing land freed from Tigers
Nov 29, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is trying to make use of grazing lands freed from the grip of Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's east to increase domestic …
Sri Lanka backs tea producing nations grouping
Nov 27, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is supporting efforts by other major tea growing countries to form a forum exclusively for tea producing nations, Ranjith …
Sri Lankan spice trade seeks to entice corporate sector
Nov 23, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan spice producers are urging the government to get big corporate plantations companies to grow more spice crops to meet …
Sri Lanka Tea Board waives fees for online documentation
Nov 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tea Board Friday announced it was waiving documentation fees for exporters who use an electronic export document …
Sri Lanka’s promises more props for agriculture
Nov 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's domestic agriculture and processing industry was promised sweeping relief by the government including tax waivers and …
Sri Lanka small tea grower factory profits surge
Nov 01, 2007 (LBO) – Rising low grown tea prices have helped boost Sri Lanka's Tea Smallholder Factories' second quarter profit net profit 151 percent to …
Sri Lanka’s Talawakelle Tea Estates profits nose dive
Oct 23, 2007 (LBO) –Hayleys subsidiary Talawakelle Tea Estates has reported a sharp fall in profits up to September this year as it struggles to recover …
Sri Lanka hunts new oil reserves in the south
COLOMBO, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is seeking international expertise to conduct seismic surveys off the southern tip of the island in a hunt for new oil …
Sri Lanka tea exports fall but earnings rise
Oct 08, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea exports up to August this year were sharply lower than in the same 2006 period but export earnings were higher, a tea …
Sri Lanka slaps new levy on rubber products
Oct 04, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has slapped a new tax on rubber products to raise funds for rubber sector development officials said, amid industry …