FAO in Sri Lanka

News

15 September 2022
COLOMBO: FAO Representative for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Vimlendra Sharan and the Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Rohana Pushpakumara, in the presence of the Hon. Minister for Agriculture, Mahinda Amaraweera, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today regarding the beneficiary selection and distribution of fertilizer to paddy farmers in...
12 September 2022
An estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and livelihood support is not provided, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme...
10 September 2022
All Sri Lankan paddy farmers to receive TSP fertilizer COLOMBO: The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced an additional USD 40 million to strengthen agriculture in Sri Lanka through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The new funding, subject to Congressional approval, will...
07 June 2022
Sri Lanka, West African coastal countries (Benin, Cabo Verde and Guinea), Ukraine and Zimbabwe have been added to the list of hotspots countries, joining Angola, Lebanon, Madagascar, and Mozambique which continue to be hunger hotspots – according to the report.
31 May 2022
Colombo - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with financial assistance from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is providing technical support to develop the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Sri Lanka. This FAO-Norad global collaboration will work with the Ministry of Fisheries on three...