Committee visits paddy cultivation demonstrations using organic and hybrid fertilizers

The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Food Security and Agriculture visited the rice cultivation demonstrations in Welikanda and Dehiattakandiya areas on February 15 and 16, which were carried out using environmentally friendly bio, organic and hybrid fertilizers with advanced technology along with chemical fertilizers.

Chairman of the Committee, Member of Parliament Hon. D. Weerasinghe, Member of Parliament Hon. Kins Nelson, a group of officials including Sectoral Oversight Committee Office, Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy, National Fertilizer Secretariat, East and North Central Province Department of Agriculture, Mahaweli B and C Zones and the Secretary to the Eastern Province Ministry of Agriculture were present on this occasion.

The farmers showed the success of the field demonstrations in Welikanda and Dehiattakandiya areas and during the observation tour Hon. D Weerasinghe said that he will report this to the Parliament and take steps to expand these demonstrations further.

Also, environmentally friendly, high quality two granular organic fertilizer and pellet fertilizer factories were also observed by the Sectoral Oversight Committee.

The Hyosung ONB Fertilizer Factory located in Elibichchiya is a factory with a monthly production capacity of 10,000 metric tons with automatic technology.

Eco Protect Engineering (Pvt) Ltd at Oyamaduwa, Anuradhapura is a manufacturing plant with an annual capacity of 10,000 metric tons that produces granular organic fertilizer and pellet fertilizers using modern technology.

The request of the organic fertilizer manufactures was that the government should prepare a policy and a system to deliver this fertilizer, which is currently being produced on a large scale, to the farmers.

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