Is it safe to breathe in Sri Lanka: the case for data

by |30 November 202214 December 2023

Exposure to poor air quality is ranked among the top 10 leading global risk factors for disease. The lack of visibility of air pollution often results in delay in public policy and personal responses, till the problem is acute. Improving...

50% Fall in Paddy Yield Points to Necessity to Import 1 mn Metric Tonnes of Rice

by |16 January 202218 January 2022|Verité in the News

Published on The Sunday Times A paddy shortage by the end of February is now inevitable and the Government will have to import 800,000 to one million metric tons of rice to avoid scarcity during the April Sinhala and Tamil...

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...

Fertiliser Crisis highlights need for Rationality, Science and Merit in Governance

by |23 November 202110 December 2021|Verité in the News

Published on The Island The government decision to import ‘quality plant nutrients,’ including urea, corrects a major mistake which should not have been made and has cost farmers and the economy dear. So far, the relaxation of the ban seems...

Farmers Have ‘Grown Accustomed’ to Fertiliser, Rajapaksa Tells Glasgow

by |01 November 202102 November 2021|Verité in the News

Published on Tamil Guardian Sri Lanka’s president said farmers on the island had “grown accustomed to overusing fertilizer as an easy means of increasing yields,” as he doubled down on a policy that has sparked protests amongst Tamil and Sinhala...

How Sri Lanka’s Flip to Organic Farming has now caused row with China over Fertiliser Crisis

by |31 October 202102 November 2021|Verité in the News

Published on ThePrint A fresh crisis seems to be brewing between Sri Lanka and China after the Chinese Embassy in the island nation Saturday declared that the state-owned People’s Bank of Sri Lanka has been blacklisted over its failure to make a payment...

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...

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කාබනික පොහොර වෙතට මාරු වීමට දැරූ ප්‍රයත්නය

by |27 September 202127 April 2022

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව 2021 අප්‍රේල් මස සිට රසායනික පොහොර ආනයනය තහනම් කරමින්, කාබනික පොහොර වෙත මාරු වීමට පියවර ගන්නා ලදී. පවතින රසායනික පොහොර තොග අඩු වෙමින් පවතින වාතාවරණයක් තුල පොහොර ප්‍රතිපත්තිය පිළිබඳව ගොවීන්ගේ අදහස් සහ එහි බලපෑම අවබෝධකර ගැනීම සඳහා වෙරිටේ...

Organic Fertiliser Transition in Sri Lanka

by |22 September 202114 March 2022

Sri Lanka introduced a ban on chemical fertiliser importation, and a shift to organic fertiliser starting April 2021. As existing stocks were beginning to deplete Verité Research conducted a survey in July to capture the views of the farmers on...

Quantifying the COVID Clean-up of Air Quality in Colombo

by |15 September 202127 January 2022

Increased exposure to healthier air is a positive note among the many tragic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. As movement was restricted to prevent the spread of the disease, air quality in Colombo drastically improved leading to a 60% reduction...

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