Sri Lanka, March 25 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised that ensuring food security of the country and its people remains a top priority of the Government. Accordingly, the President instructed the Agriculture Ministry and private sector companies to jointly formulate a programme to maintain sufficient fertiliser stocks in the market, so as to ensure an uninterrupted supply to farmers during the forthcoming Yala season.

These instructions were issued during a discussion held yesterday (24) at the Presidential Secretariat with officials of the Agriculture Ministry and Chief Executive Officers of fertiliser importing companies.

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