The price of Urea fertilizer is to be reduced.
According to Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera, the price of a 50kg Urea fertilizer bag sold to farmers by the two state-owned fertilizer companies will be priced at Rs. 9,000 from June 15.
“A bag of urea is sold by the private sector at Rs. 42,000 during the last yala season, has now been brought down by the private sector to Rs. 11,000. The reason for this was that the government took steps to provide a bag of urea to the farmers at a minimum price of Rs. 10,000,” the minister said.
