ECONOMYNEXT – Farmers in several districts in Sri Lanka who changed cultivation practice with Chinese advice have boosted pineapple output 300 percent and export grade mangoes 90 percent, the Food and Agricultural Organization said. Pineapple yields had tripled to 55 tones a hectare with high density planting, with 25,000 to 32,000 plants per acre against 4,000 traditionally. Advanced pruning and fruit bagging techniques increased export-grade mango production to 90 percent. Technical support came from the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) in a project between Ministry of Agriculture of Sri Lanka, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…
Sri Lanka pineapple harvests raised 300-pct, mangoes 90-pct with China advice
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