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Sri Lanka to offer fertilizer subsidy for 2024 Yala season
The Sri Lankan government is instituting measures that will ensure affordable access to fertilizer and support agricultural productivity.
The Sri Lankan government is instituting measures that will ensure affordable access to fertilizer and support agricultural productivity.
Indonesia's agriculture minister said the country will supply 9.55 million tonnes of subsidized fertilizer to farmers this year.
Government plans to support local agriculture sector by subsidizing urea imports through collaboration with Azerbaijan.
India's decision to slash the fertilizer subsidy for the next fiscal year to 1.64 trillion rupees comes as global fertilizer prices fall.
India is expected to spend $48bn on food and fertilizer subsidies for the next fiscal year, government sources told Reuters.
The Kenyan president's office hopes to see food production increase following the decision.