agriculture

Sri Lanka’s Plunge Into Organic Farming Brings Disaster

by |08 December 202108 December 2021|Verité in the News

Published in The New York Times The economically troubled country banned chemical fertilizers without preparing farmers, prompting a surge in food prices and worries about shortages. RATNAPURA, Sri Lanka — This year’s crop worries M.D. Somadasa. For four decades, he...

A Byproduct of Intervention

by |29 September 202104 October 2021|Verité in the News

Published in Dairy News Australia Throughout this pandemic, governments across the world have launched an unprecedented number of stimulus efforts, aimed at keeping local economies afloat. At large, these packages have helped to sustain consumer spending and keep commodity markets...

Most Farmers Support Move Towards Organic Farming – Survey

by |29 August 202105 October 2021|Verité in the News

Published on Sunday Observer Almost two-thirds of the farmers are supportive of the Government’s vision to move Sri Lanka into organic agriculture, according to a survey on the ban on the import of chemical fertiliser conducted by Verité Research recently....

Sri Lanka Farmers Expect Crop Drop From Fertilizer Ban, Want Time for Organic Move: Study

by |27 August 202106 October 2021|Verité in the News

Published on EconomyNext Sri Lanka’s farmers are expecting crop losses after a chemical fertilizer ban and want more time to learn about organic alternatives and their use, but most thought it was a good idea to drop chemicals, a study...

Realistic or just Rhetoric? The Ban on Chemical Fertilizer

by |27 August 202106 October 2021|Verité in the News

Published on Groundviews In early 2021, a survey conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute, found that farmers faced food insecurity as a result of the measures that had been put into place to curb the spread of Covid-19. Of...

Farmers Against Haphazard Rush to Switch to Organic Fertiliser

by |26 August 202106 October 2021|Verité in the News

Published on DailyFT First-of-its-kind survey by Verité Research reveals pulse of farmers on fertiliser issue Farmers supportive of Govt. vision to move to organic agriculture, but almost 80% feel shift would require more than a year Urge properly phased-out process...

Verité Research releases results of island-wide farmers’ survey on fertiliser ban

by |25 August 202116 September 2021|Press Release

On April 22, 2021, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced a ban on the import of chemical fertiliser in Sri Lanka. Verité Research conducted a “Farmers’ Pulse” telephone survey to elicit the views of farmers, on this policy and its expected impact....