President says that farmers should be properly educated and provided with high quality fertilizer

Directing farmers who are accustomed to chemical fertilizers and herbicides to organic farming is a challenging task, however, if officials at all levels can work with great enthusiasm, confidence and commitment successful results could be achieved, says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

The President emphasized that farmers should be properly educated and provided with high-quality fertilizers at the right time. All the manufacturing companies involved in the production of organic fertilizers have been conducting research for a long time and have achieved successful results in terms of cultivation.

Farmers who used organic fertilizer correctly during the Maha Season have achieved high yields, the District Secretaries told the President, noting that the government’s green agriculture agenda can be succeeded by educating the farmers who did not turn to it and avoiding the shortcomings.

Meanwhile, the researchers in fertilizer manufacturing institutions pointed out that farmers in many districts have yielded successful results by using organic fertilizer during the Maha Season.