The Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka predicts that Sri Lanka’s tea exports are expected to generate a revenue of USD 1.5 billion in the year 2024.
Meanwhile, as part of the first stage of a three-phase program to provide fertilizer at a concessionary rate, 10,000 metric tonnes out of the planned 30,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer has been distributed among tea planters so far.
Recently, Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries Mahinda Amaraweera convened a progress review meeting of the St. Coombs Estate in Talawakelle and the Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka…