ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s rice farmers will be compensated for their pain of mind beyond the actual financial loss suffered by them due to Cyclone Ditwah President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said. Sri Lanka tax payers would give 150,000 rupees per damaged hectare. Cyclone Ditwah hit early in the season when the plants were very young, and farmers still have a couple of weeks to cultivate. “The cost of the young rice field (pala goyama) is not 150,000,” President Dissanayake told parliament. “The cost of preparing the field, the labour costs and cost of the fertilizer subsidy may be around 80,000…
Sri Lanka to compensate rice farmers above financial loss for pain of mind
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