The Department of Agriculture is set to provide urgent recommendations for cultivating one of the world's most popular pineapple varieties, (Ananas comosus) in Sri Lanka.

The Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries, Mahinda Amaraweera stated that the most delicious pineapple species in the world are reported from Sri Lanka.

Therefore, there is a great demand in the world market for pineapples grown in Sri Lanka.

Accordingly, there is a huge demand for the MD 2 pineapple variety in the world market, and no steps have been taken to cultivate this pineapple variety in this country. 

The research conducted to cultivate this pineapple variety with a sweet taste and minimum acidity in Sri Lanka has also been successful.

Under the recommendations of the Crop Release Committee, the Minister advised the department to speed up the process of recommending this MD 2 pineapple variety for cultivation in Sri Lanka.

The minister also stated Under the Agriculture Sector Modernisation Programme, the research conducted for the cultivation of this MD 2 pineapple variety in Sri Lanka has been successful and the farmers have also expressed interest in cultivating this pineapple variety.