Youth must get back to farming -PM

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Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne said today country’s youth should be reintroduced to paddy cultivation so as to develop the agricultural sector in the country.

He told a gathering at a ceremony that held to prepare a field for cultivation at Ranmulkaduwa fields in Gampola that “at a time when we wee trying to stand firmly as a nation to achieve our economic goals, economic development was a vital factor. We should understand the importance of agriculture. Today most of our young generation is very reluctant to take to paddy cultivation. All developed countries in the world have achieved their development through hard work.”

“Therefore we must introduce our youth to the fields relieving them of their wrong attitude,” he said.

Mr. Jayaratne said uncultivated paddy fields all over the island would be taken over by the government and cultivated. He said it was a national wastage to have vast extents of barren land. (Daily Mirror online)

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Youngster Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:26 PM

Good move, i have a degree but no job. so i'm in...... lolz

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kenny_fdo Sunday, 17 July 2011 01:41 PM

How about closing all the universities and asking (more precisely ordering) the youth to start going to the field after 18 years?

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Dr.Wimal_Modawansa Sunday, 17 July 2011 01:57 PM

I am a Dr.No other hope in this country?

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Danushka Desilva Sunday, 17 July 2011 01:57 PM

Are you gonna lead by example and put your children to be goviyas instead of university?

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UK TAMIL BOY Sunday, 17 July 2011 03:20 PM

BACK TO 1970'S

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bash Sunday, 17 July 2011 04:05 PM

Get degree in agriculture

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malliloku Sunday, 17 July 2011 04:32 PM

This smacks if the Cultural Revolution.

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gamey godaya Sunday, 17 July 2011 05:46 PM

Easy for him to say it because he has a farmers background.

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sukiri Sunday, 17 July 2011 06:18 PM

send your children first before sending them to oxford uni...

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SL tamil Boy Sunday, 17 July 2011 06:46 PM

but we are doing it .. send then for training ..

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Sue Monday, 18 July 2011 04:29 AM

Start with VIP families and all the others will follow

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TMA Monday, 18 July 2011 04:31 AM

Sounds like Pol pot

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shashan Fernando Monday, 18 July 2011 04:38 AM

Here we go again. come on PM. Another very inovative statement

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Guru Monday, 18 July 2011 05:24 AM

First of all the armed forces should get it to farming, without just sitting and eating the taxpayers money.

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freehit Monday, 18 July 2011 05:22 PM

Aw, come on Guru, you were not born yesterday, were you ? Show at least an iota of gratitude.

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