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Organic fertiliser from fish waste 

27 Oct 2021

  • Peliyagoda Fish Market to produce fertiliser 
BY Pamodi Waravita  The Peliyagoda Fish Market Complex has started the production of 100% liquid organic fertiliser by utilising the daily fish waste at the complex and the Government will provide maximum support for this project.  Ornamental Fish, Inland Fish, and Prawn Farming, Fishery Harbour Development, Multi-Day Fishing Activities. and Fish Exports State Minister Kanchana Wijesekera recognised the importance of such an initiative yesterday (26). “No chemicals are used in the production of this liquid organic fertiliser and it can be used both as a weed killer and as a crop enhancer for both paddy and vegetable crops,” Peliyagoda Fish Traders’ Association President Jayasiri Wickramarachchi stated in the presence of Wijesekera on Monday (25).  A proposal to ban the use and importation of chemical fertilisers and agrochemicals, such as pesticides and herbicides/weedicides, was submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the same was granted approval, following which the relevant gazette notification was issued in May 2021. However, the Finance Ministry, through the gazette notification number 2238/45 on 31 July 2021, has relaxed regulations on the import of chelated (a type of bonding of ions and molecules to metal ions) minerals and micronutrients for the purpose of producing fertiliser.  Following this, the Agriculture Ministry stated that it hopes to import a total of 3.1 million litres of nano nitrogen liquid fertiliser to supply the 1.4 million hectares of paddy, corn, and vegetable farmland in the country. Earlier this month, the Government also approved for the tea industry to import nitrogen-based fertiliser.


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