Kandurata, Sri Lanka – Although Sri Lanka is famous all over the world for its Ceylon tea, the first plantation crop under the British rule in Ceylon (the colonial name of Sri Lanka) was coffee. In the early years of British rule in the country, coffee was a very minor crop propagated by peasants. However, […]
Tomato is a food that is enjoyed worldwide. In Sri Lanka, tomato is eaten as it is or used as an ingredient for salad, processed as a juice drink, jam, and tomato sauce, and mixed in almost all types of curries. In the village of Dodamkumbura, tomato is one of the crops that the farmers […]
Nuwaraeliya, Sri Lanka – In the village of Rahathungoda in Nuwaraeliya District, Sri Lanka during the harvest season, many farmers are ensnared by intermediary sellers that purchase their vegetables on despoiling low rates. Because of this, farmers fall into a helpless and desolated situation. Sometimes, they could not even earn back the money they invested […]