By: Isuru Parakrama
Colombo (LNW): Seventy per cent of farmers have already received their fertiliser subsidy coupons, announced the Agriculture Ministry in a statement today (11).
Subject Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said efforts are underway to ensure that all remaining coupons are distributed to farmers by the end of next week.
The government has instructed fertiliser companies to promptly distribute fertiliser stocks to Agrarian Development Centres. This instruction comes in as a ship carrying 22,500 metric tonnes of urea arrived in the island yesterday (10), and these stocks are said to be distributed from Monday (12).
