Thousands of farmers have been taking to the streets of Sri Lanka for weeks to protest a ban on imports of chemical fertilizer. The Sri Lankan government wants to move towards 100% organic agriculture ...

Sri Lanka has lifted a ban on chemical fertilizer imports after farmers' protests, forecasts of severe food shortages and worries about the island's crucial tea exports. Finance Minister Basil ...

Starvation. Poverty. People struggling to buy medicine and fuel. Disaster happened after one government fell under the influence of the world's environmental extremists. Many "experts" say pure nature ...

Four years since Sri Lanka scrapped a rash fertiliser ban that triggered protests, decimated harvests and exacerbated its ...

COLOMBO, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's ambitious plan to aggressively promote organic farming by banning imports of chemical fertilizers could reduce tea yields by as much as 40% and cripple the $1.5 ...

Last spring, Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa put a ban on agrochemicals. His goal was an ambitious one: to transform Sri Lanka into the first nation with 100-percent organic agriculture. Less ...

The economically troubled country banned chemical fertilizers without preparing farmers, prompting a surge in food prices and worries about shortages. By Aanya Wipulasena and Mujib Mashal RATNAPURA, ...