The District Agriculture Committee which is being held yesterday (12) at the District Secretariat Auditorium to solve the ongoing issues in the agriculture sector of the district.

Kegalle District Secretary KGS. At this committee meeting led by Mr. Nishantha, “District level rubber development programs”, “Establishment of a branch of V A Levy Board”, “Regional Agricultural Damage Assessment Committee”, “Receiving fuel for agricultural activities”, “Use PVC paddy relown; Allowing to make air guns that float penalties”, “Ditwa Guidelines for upgrading paddy lands that were severely soil harvested due to the hurricane, discussed the articles submitted to the committee, “Applying a place to run the Kegalla Regional Office” took place earlier.

Ministry of Agriculture - Rice production field program under the agricultural development program “Arunalu” as implemented plan 2026, seed production promotion programs, value collecting food in the area with excess production, implementation of agriculture mechanization in the area, soil feed management programs, new The provincial ministry of agriculture hopes to promote agricultural systems, promote supplementary foods. Distribution of plants under new farm development program by export agriculture department, export agriculture geese commercial garden and small garden promotion programs, crop promotion program, establishing pest control units and establishing microwater supply units, improve export agriculture quality using proper technology, organic farming Promotion/good agricultural order/standard certificates, promotion of agricultural technical,private navan development, conducting training programs,peppers damaged and affected due to hurricane Ditwa;coffee;kardamungu is the hope of the department to re-grow plants and financial investment support.

69 million coconut crops received by the coconut farming board by the end of 2025. 35650 acres of total coconut land farming in Kegalle district by the end of 2025. 200 acres of coconut land cultivation grown as new cultivation in 2025 under the new farm subsidy of the Coconut Cultivation Board. In connection with the information of 2025/26 season and 2026 season, the size of paddy land planted in Kegalle district is 5394.37 hectares and the crop received. Toe. 15221. 38. Q. And the total farming target for the 2026 season is 5697.5 hectares and this is the expected harvest. Toe. 15867.07 Accordingly, the size of the paddy land that was fixed for 2026 04 30 is 690.14 hectares. The amount of land damaged while considering damage and compensation payments due to hurricane Ditwa is 2535. These 2139 farmers were damaged and the land size was 198.2684 hectares. The final compensation amount paid for them by 2026 05 07 is Rs. 29,316,960.00 and the amount prepared to be deposited in the farmers' account. 423,300.00. The number of farmers paid is 1367 and the total collection is Rs. 29,740,260.00 Is Urea M.T. 573.75 the need of district's tooth fertilizer for minority and rain-nourished cultivation in 2026 M. O. P. This. Toe. Is it 617.72 T. S. P. This. Toe. 311.36 also.

Representatives from the District Agricultural Development Force mentioned that the amount of paddy land that can be cultivated in 2026 is between 60% and 70%, mentioned the reason for the decline of cultivation this season was not the drought but the minor irrigation breaks due to Ditwa cyclone Kuna Tuwa and the Ditwa cyclone. Farmers are not capable of taking. Farmers had to work on paddy lands by applying temporary remedies to broken places and they asked to update those 30% - 35% of the paddy canals from the Provincial Ministry of Agriculture or deployment of those 30% - 35% of the unable to harvest.

Additional District Secretary Dilip Nishantha (Idam), Regional Secretary, District Director of Agriculture S for District Agriculture Committee meeting held on 2026 05 12. M. A. C. Yooo. Senarathna, District Prosperity Director D. K. Ocean Intervention, Assistant Director M. A. J. S. K. Madhurasinghe (Planning), Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture Development B. A. Chaminda Padma Kumara, Deputy Director. Yooo. N. Perera, Deputy Director of Agriculture R. P. N. L. Rajapaksha, Deputy Director of National Fertilizer Secretariat. M. S. Thennakoon, Dub. Sarath Sumanadasa heads of institutions like provincial agriculture, agriculture development, export agriculture, rubber development, livestock; animal production and health, prosperity, wildlife conservation, cinnamon development, irrigation departments and coconut cultivation board, small tea estate development authority, national fertilizer secretariat, Sri Lanka tea board And the other officers, District Manager of the "heartland" Authority S. M. A. Mr. Senevirathna visited. Representatives from the District Agricultural Development Board and representatives from the Small Tea Estate Development Authority were also participated in the committee organized by the District Agriculture Department.