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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
percent progress on the cultivation target. This year 77 percent of the total
paddy area cultivated in the yala season is paddy. 11 percent was reported
as samba paddy area and 12 percent as Keri Samba paddy area.
According 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. The Department
of Agriculture also said, since the last season’s paddy harvest is available
in the country, the entire amount of rice required for the country’s
consumption this year will be produced within the country.