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 Date: 2023-09-19   Answered 

1509/2023: MITE MENACE: CONTROL

1509/2023

Hon. (Mrs.) Kokila Gunawardene,— To ask the Minister of Plantation     Industries—

(a) Is he aware that—

(i) the mite infestation is causing damage to coconut plantations in Sri Lanka; and

(ii) the yield of coconuts becomes very low and unfit for consumption as a result?

(b) Will he inform this House—

(i) of the measures that  have been taken, so far, to control the mite menace; and

(ii) separately of  the short term and long term measures to be taken to protect the coconut plantations which earn Sri Lanka a huge amount of foreign exchange?

(c) If not, why?

 

Asked Date

2023-09-19

Asked by

Hon. (Mrs.) Kokila Gunawardene, M.P.

Ministry

Plantation Industries

Legislature

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

Session

Fourth Session

Question History

Answer

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Answered Date

2023-09-19

Answered by

Hon. (Dr.) Ramesh Pathirana, M.P.





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