Sri Lanka, July 11 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that the present Government is one that looks after the farming community, with its objective being to ensure farmers enjoy a better quality of life, greater social recognition and the dignity they deserve.

The President pointed out that the Government has undertaken a series of significant measures for the benefit of farmers, including doubling the fertiliser subsidy, providing the highest compensation in the country's history for agricultural lands devastated by Cyclone Ditwah, allocating the largest-ever funding for paddy procurement and resuming major irrigation projects to ensure an adequate water supply for cultivation. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made these re...