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Are agrochemicals the cause of the Rajarata Kidney Disease?

'Escalating fertiliser prices and need for judicious use' – a response – The Island

Lifting glyphosate ban : Facts and Fiction

Escalating fertiliser prices and need for judicious use

By Dr Parakrama Waidyanatha High Energy costs and the prevailing Ukrainian War have led to a huge increase in fertilizer prices, and farmers, especially in the developing countries, find it extremely difficult to provide the required fertiliser to crops. Natural gas prices account for 80% of the variable costs of the production of urea, the […]

Lifting baseless ban on weed killer, glyphosate

An open letter to the Minister of Agriculture Mr. Minister, You have recently, on several occasions, indicated your desire to lift the highly ill- conceived ban on glyphosate, and you should please do this immediately to help the farmers to cut down on their crop production costs. Use of glyphosate for tea has been allowed […]

'Fleecing the hungry' – a response – The Island

I read The Island editorial of 09 Sept., and feel comforted that we still have some intrepid journalists who can call a spade a spade without fear. Cheers! The response of a reader which appeared in our issue under the caption, “Fleecing the hungry.” was spot on.Your editorial today (12), Vultures at work, made me […]

Ban on agrochemicals and fertilisers: Post-scenario analysis

The Debt Crisis and Doing Everything Wrong

Escalating Fertilizer Prices and Subsidy Removal

by Dr Parakrama Waidyanatha The Maha harvesting of rice is now nearing completion and the strong indications are that this season’s crop decline would be 40% to 50% due to lack of fertilizer. Concurrently, the yields of other crops too are dropping and the tea yields of 2022 could be the worst affected. According available […]

Meeting the national vegetable oil demand: Can Madhuca ('Mee') oil contribute? – The Island

by Dr Parakrama Waidyanatha The President, earlier this year, regrettably and without an in- depth examination of issues at stake, decided to ban import of palm oil totally, and expand the cultivation of coconut to meet the total local vegetable oil demand. It was also decided to uproot the existing oil palm cultivations amounting to […]