Disease threat with coconut imports

(December 24, 2010) Sri Lankan agro scientists point out that the import of coconut from India may affect local coconut cultivation with new diseases.

Dr. K.P. Premarathna of Agriculture Faculty of Peradeniya University said to media that diseases might spread with the coconut imported from India.

Sources said that the Kerala state from where coconuts are imported to Sri Lanka had a large number of communicable coconut diseases.

The coconut cultivations of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka has been affected by a dangerous disease and the Coconut Development Board has already banned taking parts of coconut tree from the province to other areas.

The agricultural scientists say that the authorities had to consider this issue as well prior to importing coconut to bring down the prices.

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A late decision to ban felling of coconut trees of Sri Lanka

(Deember 20, 2010) Sri Lanka Minister of Coconut Development and Peoplized Estate Development Jagath Pushpakumara says that the government has decided to ban felling of coconut trees.

With immediate efect under the decision, anyone who wishes to fell coconut trees will have to seek the permission of the Coconut Development Board.

The Minister stated at a press briefing held in Colombo that the relevent gazette notification is being printed now.

The government decision came as the price of coconut, an essential commodity of Sri Lankans rose drastically as a result of shortage of produce.

Coconut, once one of the three major export income earners of the country has become an import as a result of felling of coconut trees in mass scale and lotting of coconut cultivations for housing.

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Coconut; once major export, now imported

(December 16, 2010) Sri Lanka government has decided to import cocnut to eradicate the shortage and the escalation of prices.

Sri Lanka Ministry of Consumer Affairs is now taking measures to import coconut, sources say.

The import is to be done by next week. The amounts of import is yet to be known.

The price of cocnut has risen sharply in Sri Lanka and a nut is sold atound Rs. 45 now. Coconut is a basic commodity of Sri Lankans that use the coconut juice in cooking curry.

Meanwhile, the Coconut Development Board has taken measures to purchase coconut from state tands and to sell them at fair price. Coconut Development Board trucks sell coconut at Rs. 30 per nut at selected places and one person is allowed to buy five nuts each.

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Disease attacks coconut cultivation of Sri Lanka

(June 18, 2010) A disease is spreading in the coconut cultivations of Sri Lanka’s Southern Province, says the Ministry of Plantation.

This disease is believed spread to Sri Lanka from areas like Kerala in India. Leaves of the diseased coconut trees are dried prematurely due to this disease.

The Minister of Plantation Mahinda Samarasinghe says that measures will be initiated to prevent the spread of the disease to Sri Lanka’s Coconut Triangle to avoid loss to economy.

Already, 6200 trees that have been affected by the disease have been removed, the Minister said adding that a census on the spread of disease is carried out now.

The Minister said that a task force chaired by the chairman of the Coconut Development Board has been appointed to fight the disease.

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ඉවත දමන පොල්කටුවෙන් ඩෙංගු වෙනුවට සක්‍රිය කාබන්

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ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වාර්ෂිකව ඉවත ලන පොල් කටුවලින් සක්‍රීය කාබන් මෙට්‍රික්‌ ටොන් 32000ක්‌ පමණ නිපදවා එමගින් රුපියල් මිලියන 4200ක්‌ පමණ ආදායමක් ඉපැයිය හැකිව තිබෙන බව පොල් සංවර්ධන අධිකාරියේ සභාපති කීර්ති ශ්‍රී විරසිංහ මහතා පැවසී යෑයි රජයේ ප්‍රවෘත්ති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් නිකුත් කරන ලද නිවේදනයක සඳහන් වෙයි.
පොල්කටු අඟුරුවලින් සකස්‌ කරන සක්‍රීය කාබන්  ජල පවිත්‍රකාරකයක්‌, රත්රන් නිස්‌සාරකයක්‌, සහ විෂ උරා ගන්නා අමුද්‍රව්‍යයක්‌ වශයෙන් ලෝකයේ බොහෝ රටවල පිළිගැනේ.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් වාර්ෂිකව සක්‍රීය කාබන් මෙට්‍රික්‌ ටොන් 15000ත් 20000ත් අතර ප්‍රමාණයක්‌ අපනයනය කෙරෙන අතර නිවෙස්වලින් ඉවත දමන පොල්කටු එකතු කිරීමට ක්‍රමයක් ඇතොත් සක්‍රිය කාබන් නිෂ්පාදනය හා අපනයනය තවත් ඉහළ නැංවිය හැකිය.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සක්‍රීය කාබන් නිපදවන ආයතන 7ක්‌තිබේ.

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