With its president fleeing amid widespread protests, Sri Lanka has been plunged deeper into an ever spiraling political crisis. It’s easy to forget in this meltdown, but the economic turmoil that has ...

Since the downfall of Sri Lanka’s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in mid-July, some commentators have blamed the economic crisis and social unrest that precipitated his departure on his nominal ...

Sri Lanka has partially reversed a hasty decision to experiment with farming, but the country and its citizens are already paying for this bad mistake in the form of a food crisis. President Gotabaya ...

Sri Lanka has abandoned its quest to become the world's first completely organic farming nation - Copyright AFP/File Ishara S. KODIKARA Sri Lanka has abandoned its ...

In April 2021, then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa abruptly banned imports of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, in an attempt to preserve Sri Lanka’s fast-depleting foreign currency ...

Sri Lanka ran a cruel experiment on its population last year by trying to mandate all-organic food production. The results are in, and they're tragic. Last July, the UN published a startling report ...

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Anti-GMO, anti-pesticide groups have tried to distance themselves from the political instability in Sri Lanka, fueled in large part by the disastrous organic-farming policies they told the country to ...

Tea crops have suffered in Sri Lanka due to a lack of organic fertiliser - Copyright AFP Ishara S. KODIKARA Tea crops have suffered in Sri Lanka due to a lack of ...

Caritas is helping Sri Lankan farmers reduce their use of dangerous chemicals by turning to organic farming. The assistance in northern Anuradhapura district is part of a countrywide food security ...

Protesters gather inside the premises of the Presidential Secretariat to demand the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on July 9, 2022, in Colombo. Credit - Pradeep ...