Some highlights from the article: According to an estimate, tea is Sri Lanka’s single biggest export, bringing in over $1.25 billion/year, which is nearly 10 p

Some highlights from the article: According to an estimate, tea is Sri Lanka’s single biggest export, bringing in over $1.25 billion/year, which is nearly 10 per cent of the country’s export income. … An island-wide survey of farmers found out that 90 per cent use chemicals for farming and 85 per cent expected sizable reductions in their harvest if disallowed to use fertilisers. Moreover, the survey said that only 20 per cent farmers had the knowledge to transition to completely organic production. … The survey also revealed that many key crops in Sri Lanka depend on heavy use of chemical input for cultivation, with the highest dependency in paddy at 94 per cent, followed by tea and rubber at 89 per cent each. … According to experts, three scientifically rigorous meta-analyses of organic-conventional crop yield comparisons indicate that across all crops, the mean yield reduction in organic agriculture in Sri Lanka is around 19-25 per cent. … The article also states 2-3 million tons is estimated to be produced locally per year, and paddy cultivation requires 4 million tons per year and tea cultivation requires 3 million tons per year. So they are short there.