Minister Mahinda Amaraweera instructed the Department of Agriculture 

The Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industry Mahinda Amaraweera instructed the Department of Agriculture to provide a forecast report on the paddy yield of the 2024 Yala season.

Accordingly, the Department of Agriculture has submitted a forecast report on the paddy harvest of this yala season. The target area for paddy cultivation in the 2024 yala season is 540,000 hectares, of which 480,000 hectares have been cultivated.

That is 88% progress on the cultivation target. This year 77% of the total paddy area cultivated in the yala season is paddy. 11% was reported as samba paddy area and 12% as keeri samba paddy area.

AAccording to the amount of cultivated land, there will be a rice harvest of 02 million tons in the 2024 yala season, according to the Department of Agriculture. This harvest is higher than previous harvests.