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The future of agriculture in Sri Lanka-by Nadira Gunatilleke Traditional rice harvesting in South Asia Source:Dailynews During the past 30 years no decision was made to implement organic farming in Sri Lanka and now this valuable and historic decision has been made by the Government. “No previous Government understood what I said about the need to bring back ancient Sri Lankan agriculture and promote organic farming. Therefore, I myself created organic farms of 150 acres and showed them that it can be done here in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankans should bow down before the Veddah (Adiwasi) community and not before white skinned foreigners. The Veddah community has all the knowledge required for organic farming,” prominent Entrepreneur, Agricultural Instructor and Environmentalist Thilak Kandegama said. ...