It is a double whammy for the JVP; both rice consumers and paddy farmers are demanding that their competing interests be addressed. Rice growers are threatening to march on Colombo and stage what they ...
Paddy farmers for generations, practised traditional methods of sowing, ploughing, harvesting and preserving indigenous paddy seeds and cultivated on fields free from chemical fertiliser and harmful ...
"We've sold two staple varieties of Aman paddy rice for up to Tk 1,470 a maund recently, Tk 200-300 higher than the previous season's prices. Of course farmers like us have benefited from the price ...