COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Department of Animal Production and Health has decided to purchase maize destroyed due to the Sena caterpillars and utilize them as animal food. Director General of the Department Dr Nihal Wedasinghe said that a price to purchase the maize will be declared next week....

COLOMBO (News 1st) - A special meeting is to be held today(February 10) at the National Agriculture Information and Communication Centre in Gannoruwa in order to look into future of Sena caterpillar eradication campaign. The meeting is to be led by the Director-General of the Department of Agricu...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Farmers in Ampara who had their crops destroyed by the Sena caterpillar menace are yet again facing another issue after planting seeds of low quality. The farmers complain that the seeds were purchased after spending over Rs. 7,000 from the private sector. The farmers call fo...

Colombo (News1st): Minister of Agriculture P. Harrison noted that irrelevant of whether the insurance instalment has been paid by the bank or not if there is damage, the Agrarian Insurance Board will make compensation payments. The Minister made the above statement when News 1st directed a proble...

Colombo (News1st): The following is a revelation of an irregularity pertaining to the Agri-insurance funds belonging to corn cultivators from the Ampara district. This irregularity was revealed during the awareness program conducted by News1st and the Ministry of Agriculture, to eradicate the Sena m...