Members of Lanka Farmers Forum in Trincomalee district in Sri Lanka gather for their general meeting while practicing health protocol using the Food Hero face mask.
Sri Lanka reported its first case of COVID-19 on 27 January 2020. Since then, the government gradually announced measures to contain the virus. The government announced a complete lockdown of the country starting 18 March and a nationwide curfew was imposed. During the lockdown, the farmers were highly affected as they were unable to sell […]
WELLAWAYA, SRI LANKA – Chathurika, 35, mother of two, is a peanut farmer from Wellawaya, Sri Lanka. “I was born in a city but now living in this village after my marriage. It was a bit hard to get used to the village life at first but now I consider it a privilege,” she says […]