Foreign assistance to resolve wild elephant menace

COLOMBO (News 1st) - At a meeting between President Maithripala Sirisena and Shenggen Fan, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute, the latter had assured a viable solution will be provided to protect cultivations from wild elephants. The meeting outlined that over 40% of cultivations are been destroyed by wild elephants. Fan, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute, further expressed his willingness in aiding the government's mission in eradicating mal-nutrition from amongst the people of Sri Lanka. Fan added that a Memorandum of Understanding is currently been prepared to provide support and aid.