{"id":25413,"date":"2022-03-23T05:04:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T00:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/?p=25413"},"modified":"2022-03-23T05:04:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T00:04:32","slug":"the-manmade-agriculture-disaster-in-sri-lanka-daily-ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/the-manmade-agriculture-disaster-in-sri-lanka-daily-ft\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018manmade agriculture disaster\u2019 in Sri Lanka\u00a0 | Daily FT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/559931457390904417\/profile_1.png);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>Daily Financial Times<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>It is a shame, and I feel incredibly sorry for the 22 million consumers of Sri Lanka, including our farming community and myself, for not being able to convince or force the ignorant policymakers in this country to make rational decisions on agriculture at the correct time. We are heading towards the most disastrous scenario that the country\u2019s agriculture has ever experienced (leaving the other economic sectors out for a moment), at least since gaining independence in 1948. Some academia, scientists, social activists, and farmers\/practitioners in Sri Lanka voiced serious concern since they hea&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/879152130105704448?c=819177386184916992\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by Daily Financial Times It is a shame, and I feel incredibly sorry for the 22 million consumers of Sri Lanka, including our farming community and myself, for not being able to convince or force the ignorant policymakers in this country to make rational decisions on agriculture at the correct time. We are heading &#8230; <a title=\"The \u2018manmade agriculture disaster\u2019 in Sri Lanka\u00a0 | Daily FT\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/the-manmade-agriculture-disaster-in-sri-lanka-daily-ft\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The \u2018manmade agriculture disaster\u2019 in Sri Lanka\u00a0 | Daily FT\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The \u2018manmade agriculture disaster\u2019 in Sri Lanka\u00a0 | Daily FT - Myanmar News Gazette<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/the-manmade-agriculture-disaster-in-sri-lanka-daily-ft\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The \u2018manmade agriculture disaster\u2019 in Sri Lanka\u00a0 | Daily FT - Myanmar News Gazette\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Published by Daily Financial Times It is a shame, and I feel incredibly sorry for the 22 million consumers of Sri Lanka, including our farming community and myself, for not being able to convince or force the ignorant policymakers in this country to make rational decisions on agriculture at the correct time. 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