Chairman of the Huruluwewa Joint Farmers ‘Association and Secretary of the Anuradhapura District Joint Farmers’ Organization HA Upali said that the Rajarata farmer has been disillusioned by the previous governments destroying all local seeds, importing hybrid seeds and suitable chemicals and now banning chemical fertilizers and promoting organic fertilizers. .
He was speaking at a media briefing organized by a group of Huruluwewa farmers yesterday (Jan. 20) morning. The Chairman who spoke there.
The media briefing was convened to tell the story of how the families of Rajarata farmers who have been making a living from farming for many years are being maintained. Today we are silent due to the decisions taken by the government with the corona epidemic.
Professional farmers do not get the fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides they need to cultivate. There is an opinion that the soil is poisonous. Which institution has conducted an investigation and provided a report on soil poisoning?
What is the content of this fertilizer is nitrogen muriate of potash and triple phosphate. We also import the hybrid seeds required for chemicals and chemicals to this country and acquaint the farmers with them.
One by one the previous governments imported hybrid seeds for their own benefit and introduced them to the country and destroyed all our local seeds. Can the chemical be banned now and the farmer can come to the place called organic fertilizer and cultivate?
Rajarata farmer’s best cultivation season is the Yala season. A month has passed.
When I told the provincial political authority about this I was told that the President had taken this decision. Then there were the ten Members of Parliament who took votes from us during the Ko election and went to Parliament from the province. Where are the educated and intelligent actors now? One by one people are passing the ball.
Everything is hidden now and what the President says is what has to be done. Due to non-importation of fertilizers and herbicides, the existing people are robbing the farmers.
The item that was then discounted is now being sold at a higher price. These should not be done all at once. Farmers should have an open dialogue with experts on these issues. Yala season farmers need chemicals, including chemical fertilizers, to get a good harvest of onions, beans, vegetables and maize.
We especially remind you that today the farmer’s family economy is over and destroyed. Half of the Dambulla Economic Center is filled due to the hard work of the Rajarata farmer. We are not shy, we are silent. He said that due to the spread of corona, the health sector is following the instructions given by the authorities.