Assurance from the Minister that there will be no shortage of agro-food

Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage has assured that there would not be a food shortage in the country next year.

 

He says certain statements warning about a looming food shortage cannot be accepted as 90 to 95 percent of paddy fields in each district have already been cultivated now.

 

Mr. Jayasinghe was subsequently removed as the agriculture secretary and Mr. D.M.L.D. Bandaranayake was appointed to the post.