Sri Lanka, March 13 -- Recent economic and natural disasters in the past five years have affected the country's food security with 2 million individuals having been affected by severe damages to homes, crops, food supplies and critical infrastructure.

Entire communities have been left isolated or without basic services, and over 200,000 people were displaced from their homes. Food insecurity increased more than fivefold from 2019 to 2025, while rates of monetary poverty tripled over the same period, according to a study from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

The survey which was conducted recently in 2025 by IFPRI and International Water Management Institute (IWMI) said that "Around 18 percent of Sri Lankans were...