The expected land size to be cultivated in Kegalle district covering all 15 agricultural service centres for this season has been identified as 5697.4 hectares for 544 tonnes of Urea fertilizer metric, 295 tonnes of psp fertilizer metric and 589 tonnes of mop fertilizer metric. State fertilizer company and private fertilizer companies have now come forward to provide 225 tonnes of Urea metric to Kegalle district to meet that fertilizer requirement. The district has 39 Urea metrictons at agricultural services centers and private marketing, which is fifty percent of the overall fertilizer requirement in the district.

Importing fertilizer to the country in the face of the ongoing global war situation is currently being stocked and distributed for cultivation is currently happening through agricultural service centers. That Urea 50kg bundle is for Rs.9900/= and Rs.10200/=. It will cost more than Rs.11000 under open market competitive price. Accordingly, there was a special attention here on farming while maintaining the necessary fertilizer reserves in a way that all fertilizer prices, including Urea fertilizer prices are not given directly to the farmers.

Kegalle District Deputy Director T.M. of National Fertilizer Secretariat Office expressing his views here. S. Mr. Thennakone announced that there are nearly 56 fertilizer sales in the district and to prevent the districts supply of other fertilizers including Urea fertilizers for outside the district needs, unnecessary stocking, hiding, marketing exceeding the noted price of fertilizer bundle directly National Fertilizer Working to control those conditions due to strict intervention in the secretariat. Also, there is a dire need to aware all farmers at farm organizations level aiming at the third and fourth generation new fertilizer as much as possible, especially for the safety of soil and higher crops, for which state institutions, fertilizer companies and farmers Mr. A also stated here that the need to raise awareness about the use of fertilizer of the new generation and the formal scheme is required for it based on the full commitment of all those involved in this sector including the association.

In this special fertilizer coordination committee, private companies expected to deliver fertilizer, including the state fertilizer company, are related to the quantities of fertilizer owned by those institutions and their distribution, providing a substitute quality and improved eco-friendly crops instead of the Urea fertilizer owned by their companies, comment here Just happened.

Another factor raised special attention at the meeting was related to the issue of fuel for tractors used for farming. The issue of the permit given to the farmers associations has been set up a technique to issue through the District Secretariat, which is a complex act to give permission to issue the fuel at the Agricultural Service Center level or at the Grama Niladari level. The Farmers' Association representatives presented an idea here to focus on and the District Agriculture Director said that necessary action is being taken towards it.

Also a fat farmer commented here mentioned that using fully organic fertilizer can get himself about seventy busels per acre, and encouraging the use of organic fertilizer is very appropriate. A retired farmer from the government who is running a collective farm very successfully using both organic and chemical fertilizers also commented here and explained that he was able to reduce the use of Urea and yield a crop of about forty busals through organic cultivation. Here is the District Director of Agriculture, establishing cooperative associations from a collection of farmers who do complete organic cultivations or using both organic and chemical types and the ability to get services including the required loan facilities for those farms and various technical advice here Further explained.

This program was organized by Kegalle District National Fertilizer Secretariat.

Accordingly, there was a long discussion here about the ability to manage this crisis situation by using the current amount of fertilizer in the country through proper techniques.

Mr. D.B. Sarath Sumanadasa, Deputy Director from the National Fertilizer Secretariat, Department of Agriculture, Small Tea Estate Development Authority, Rubber Development Department, Export Agriculture Department, officers from the agriculture sector including the agriculture sector were together.