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 Date: 2019-03-12   Answered 

0077/2019: DECLINE IN COCONUT YIELD : SOLUTIONS

77/’18

Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara,— To ask the Minister of Plantation Industries,—(1)

(a) Will he state separately —

(i) the annual coconut production recorded in Sri Lanka from year 2015 to date;

(ii) the annual export volume of coconut during the aforementioned period; and

(iii) the annual import volume of coconut during the aforementioned period?

(b) Will he inform this House —

(i) of the steps taken by the government to remedy the decline in the coconut yield due to unfavorable weather conditions that prevailed in the recent past;

(ii) whether the farmers were provided with fertilizer at concessionary prices;

(iii) if so, of the quantity of fertilizer provided and the number of farmers that received fertilizer;

(iv) of the number of acres of coconut cultivation that is covered under the above; and

(v) if fertilizer subsidy has not been granted up to now, of the date on which it will be granted?

(c)  If not, why?

 

Asked Date

2019-03-12

Asked by

Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney at Law, M.P.

Ministry

Plantation Industries

Legislature

Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka

Session

Third Session

Question History

Answer

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Answered Date

2019-03-12

Answered by

Hon. Vadivel Suresh, M.P.





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