Government to import 3,000 MT of ginger in next three months

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Colombo, August 13 (Daily Mirror) - The government has decided to import 3,000 metric tons of ginger for the possibility of reducing the retail price of ginger to an affordable price for customers in the local market and facilitating the production of ginger.

Cabinet spokesman and Minister Bandula Gunawardana said the Cabinet approval was granted for the joint proposal presented by the Agriculture and Plantation Industry Minister and the Trade, Commerce and Food Security Minister.

Accordingly, the ginger stocks will be imported by the State Trading Corporation of Sri Lanka stage wise during the next three months based on the recommendations in the report.

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Shera Tuesday, 13 August 2024 03:24 PM

You have money to import but no money to give our farmers to cultivate ginger locally for better, cheaper ginger and unlimited abundance. But politicians and their favourite people get kickbacks from tenders for imports thus destroying thousands of years of agrarian heritage.

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BuffaloaCitizen Tuesday, 13 August 2024 03:31 PM

This shows the total uselessness of the agriculture sector and the Ministers who are unable to develop this simple crop by providing the simple strategy and support needed. Seriously, why are we having any of these Ministers? We do not see any success in any single sector.

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Israth Tuesday, 13 August 2024 03:52 PM

they did not come from the dark, its your vote for this stupidity.. use your brain this time.. malimawa the best at the moment

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Mahima Tuesday, 13 August 2024 04:26 PM

This is what we need to change. They have destroyed everything in our country.

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Suhada malli Tuesday, 13 August 2024 03:44 PM

This is the sad state of affairs which turns our country into some sort of a failed state after 76 years of independence. Why is it that we cannot plan for self sufficiency in some of these crops? We cannot feed the whole nation with a inward looking domestic mindset we know that. But that is not a reason to not reach the optimum potential for each crop. Ideally we should plant even to export.

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Sri Lanka wake up - use your vote wisely Tuesday, 13 August 2024 03:52 PM

Ranil can't even source locally produced ginger—how can we expect him to manage the country? If he can’t handle a spice rack, should we really waste our vote on him? Right now, he’s managing by taxing the poor masses and burdening them with IMF loans. What a joke.

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Tissa Fernando Tuesday, 13 August 2024 04:12 PM

Gota wanted to grow these items within the country but he was ousted by a minority of people violently protesting against hardships. Sri Lankans want to drink beer , eat kottu and party all the time and when nothing else to do they keep protesting. This country will never get developed.

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BuffaloaCitizen Tuesday, 13 August 2024 05:23 PM

Gota was not ousted by any minority of people but was following instructions of a minority of people. Otherwise why did he want to pardon Sgt Sunil Ratnayake and Duminda Silva as soon as he came to power without engaging in more important issues such as development and reconciliation? Any idiot knows going organic in 24h is going to cause a grave disaster to the existing fabric of agriculture. People are not going to eat their own shit when they get hungry and their is not food around.

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Logical Wednesday, 14 August 2024 01:17 AM

Rajapaksa clan robbed the country. In 2010 Sri Lankan govt debt was 10b USD. In 2022 it was near 100b USD. Rajapaksas took out high interest loans for commission. Rajapaksas robbed even the Tsunami aid. Growing ginger is a minor issue.

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Ruben disty Tuesday, 13 August 2024 04:23 PM

Very sad the way sectors operates in sri lanka looking ways to make easy quick money for them self no wonder no prosperity for the nation poverty keep rising poor regulations and behaviour in important sectors no future planning to have a robust economy from our own resources we need clever educated decent politicians who put country first...its not rocket science

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Sri Lankan for4ver Tuesday, 13 August 2024 04:29 PM

Someone in a rush to make money before the election and dissolve of the parliament

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Last chanve Tuesday, 13 August 2024 05:39 PM

To over come this stupidity and to stop earning of commissions by another rouge use your vote this time wisely, it’s non other than Malimawa which can take this country out of the abyss we are in today

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Jinasena Tuesday, 13 August 2024 06:00 PM

Agree 100% with Shera. Comments - 7 Comments - Government to import 3,000 MT of ginger in next three months Shera Tuesday, 13 August 2024 03:24 PM You have money to import but no money to give our farmers to cultivate ginger locally for better, cheaper ginger and unlimited abundance. But politicians and their favourite people get kickbacks from tenders for import.

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Karalasingam Sivalingam Tuesday, 13 August 2024 06:26 PM

Giner is an essential ingridedient, it is essential in Sri Lankan cusine, ginger has gone up to 3000 to 4000 per kg, I wonder why the cultivation of ginger failed.

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Hon Tuesday, 13 August 2024 06:58 PM

Sri Lankan ginger plain tea is history. I paid 77 rupees for 20 grams of a piece of ginger.

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Dakshini Perera Tuesday, 13 August 2024 07:00 PM

Ginger Scam now! someone out there is making money off this

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cineha Tuesday, 13 August 2024 09:13 PM

Everything will be available only in 2048. So vote for Ranil and wait for it......Hic...hic...hic...

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Jude Tuesday, 13 August 2024 10:40 PM

Yall stop complaining

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Ambaruwo Tuesday, 13 August 2024 10:45 PM

Economy in transformation? Importing eggs, ginger and more to come . Country has no solutions and in a slumber before the loan sharks come back in four years time

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Ronnie sparks Wednesday, 14 August 2024 10:48 AM

No limits hungry money makers have only one thing in mind how to make quick buks its part of our culture now days if we had quality over quantity things would have been great for future generations to come once it was the pearl of indian ocean ...lack of feelings for the country dirty politics

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