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SL's highest paddy production in 2020

14 Oct 2020

Despite COVID-19 disturbances, the Department of Census & Statistics and the Department of Agriculture have reported that Sri Lanka's highest paddy production has been recorded in 2020. There has been a total paddy production of 5,037 million metric tonnes in the year 2020, with 3,197 million metric tonnes from the Maha season and 1,840 million metric tonnes from the Yala season. 2020 production figure, when compared to 2019, has seen an increase of 9.7% while the 2020 increase compared to 2018 was 28.2%. Compared to 2017, the 2020 paddy production was doubled in three years.


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