7:09 PM
Ajith
The retail price of a kilo of green chillie has gone up above Rs. 400 now.
Chillie is an essential flavoring material for Sri Lankans that have used to eat hot curries.
Farmers say that the chilie cultivation is threatened due to the high price of inputs like seeds, fertilizer and pesticides.
Sri Lanka needs 45,000 metric tons of chillie per annum although the annual production has declined to 10,000 metric tons. Most of the local production goes to the market as a vegetable while dried red chillie is predominantly imported.
Ministry of Agriculture points out that the number of hectares chillie was grown in 1980s was 35,000 acres but now it has reduced to 18,000 hectares.
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