In April 2021, then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa abruptly banned imports of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, in an attempt to preserve Sri Lanka’s fast-depleting foreign currency ...

Sri Lanka’s tea industry is facing a number of factory closures as authorities are clamping down on adulterated teas from reaching the market while some others are closing due to financial constraints ...

Sri Lanka's drive to become the world's first 100 percent organic food producer threatens its prized tea industry and has triggered fears of a wider crop disaster that could deal a further blow to its ...