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    December 19, 2015

    The Government is mediating in assuring a competitive price of green gram produced during the intermediate season. Accordingly District Secretaries will be given funds subject to a minimum of 50 million rupees to purchase the green gram production with the aim of encouraging the farmer community.

    Country's annual Green Gram requirement is around 26,000 MT and Rs. 851 million is expended annually for the importation of Green gram. To minimize this expenditure green gram cultivation was successfully implemented in the intermediate season. Farmers in Anuradhapura, Mannar, Kurunegala, Monaragala and Hambantota Districts have produced about 3200MT of green gram.

     

    The current price of green gram is Rs. 120.00 – 140.00 in the market and is not sufficient with the production cost.

     

    Therefore, the proposal made by DumindaDissanayake, Minister of Agriculture, to provide funds subject to a maximum limit of Rs. 50 million for to relevant District Secretaries through the Farmers’ Trust Fund to purchase a 01 kg of green gram per Rs. 180.00 as a means of encouraging farmers, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

    Last modified on Saturday, 19 December 2015 06:13

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