Fertiliser ban decimates Sri Lankan crops as government popularity dwindle

Dramatic fall in yields follows a decision last April by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to ban all chemical fertilisers in Sri Lanka

W.M. Seneviratne sat watching a mechanised harvester slice through the jade green fields around him in eastern Sri Lanka's Agbopura village one recent morning, aware that this year's harvest would be only a fraction of what he was used to."I cannot recall any time in the past when we had to struggle so much to get a decent harvest," said Seneviratne, a lean 65-year-old with a shock of silver hair, who has been farming since he was a child. "Last year, we got 60 bags from these two acres. But this time it was just 10," he added.
 

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