Sri Lanka is a warm, tropical island with plenty of annual rainfall, perfect for growing rice, tea, cocoa, and spices, and located along numerous ocean-trade routes for easy market access.

Sri Lanka is calling on farmers to grow more rice as it faces its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years. The country's agriculture minister made the appeal as he said the country's "food ...

With the opening up of paddy cultivation in the North and East likely to cause an excess harvest in the near future, the Government is now aiming at exporting its rice produce. During the Yala season ...

Sri Lanka has agreed to import the entire basmati rice quota of 6,000 tonnes from Pakistan under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) through the private sector from 2012. The understanding was reached at ...