89/’18
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara,— To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock Development, Irrigation and Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development,—
(a) Will he inform this House of—
(i) the annual big onion requirement for consumption in Sri Lanka in metric tons;
(ii) the amount produced locally out of the said amount;
(iii) the areas where big onion cultivation is done locally;
(iv) the number of farmers who cultivate big onion;
(v) the extent of land brought under big onion cultivation; and
(vi) the annual big onion harvest in each year from 2015 up to now?
(b) Will he also inform this House of—
(i) the relief measures made available to big onion farmers to strengthen them; and
(ii) the measures that will be taken in future to promote big onion cultivation?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2019-06-21
Asked by
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, M.P.
Ministry
Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Irrigation and Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development
Legislature
Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
3
Onions cultivation
Answered Date
2019-06-21
Answered by
Hon. P. Harrison, M.P.
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