Food Security Archives

January 31, 2024

31/01/2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka – A major multilateral conference opened today in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo which aims to transform the Asia-Pacific region’s agrifood systems, after multiple human and economic crises have set back progress to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those to end hunger and poverty and reduce inequalities (SDGs 2, 1, […]

October 18, 2023

COLOMBO, 17 October 2023 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), marked World Food Day by calling for urgent action towards sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture in Sri Lanka. In a 2021 […]

February 9, 2023

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COLOMBO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Sri Lanka today acknowledged a recent contribution of CHF 800,000 (approximately LKR 292 million) from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) at a special event held at the Embassy of Switzerland to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The funding is being […]

January 19, 2023

The ‘National Integrated Mechanism for Food Security and Nutrition’ set up under the patronage of his Excellency the President completed an initiative to provide 70,000 vulnerable families with milk powder worth Rs174 million, contributed by Fonterra. Speaking at the occasion, Dr. Batagoda, Chairman & Advisor of the presidential committee on national food […]

November 25, 2022

COLOMBO, 25 November 2022 – The United Kingdom through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is providing GBP 880,000 (USD 1,043,395) to strengthen the food and nutrition security of marginal fishers in Tangalle, Negombo, Colombo, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Puttalam, Chilaw, and Mannar. In light of World Fisheries Day […]

October 17, 2022

COLOMBO, 14 October 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), marked World Food Day at an event held under the auspices of the Prime Minister Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena and the […]

July 27, 2022

27th July 2022: Sri Lanka’s Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) added their support to national efforts aimed at enhancing food security, with the launch of a new campaign to boost cultivation on RPC lands, while providing crucial assistance to their employees in mitigating the impact of increasing food prices. In total, the 21 private […]

November 26, 2020

Nov 25, 2020: Sri Lanka’s largest poultry producer Crysbro, spotlights the role of the poultry industry in bolstering the country’s food security agenda and empowering the rural economy and its constituents through a series of powerful initiatives. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, a steady increase in global hunger since […]

March 23, 2020

Prima Ceylon (Private) Limited (PCL) is a primary producer and supplier of wheat flour in the country. In the backdrop of the escalating COVID-19 Corona virus pandemic in the world, the company reassures the public and the government of Sri Lanka that it is fully prepared to continue its supply uninterrupted, to ensure national food […]

High-level international UN FAO conference convenes to guide recovery and reforms of agrifood systems in Asia-Pacific for future food security

Urgent transition to sustainable agriculture vital for food security in Sri Lanka, say FAO,IFAD and WFP

Switzerland provides funding to improve food security among communities affected by the economic crisis

70,000 families receive free milk powder through the ‘National Integrated Mechanism for Food Security and Nutrition’, contributed by Fonterra

The United Kingdom provides £880,000 through FAO to strengthen food security of marginal fisheries in 9 fisheries districts

FAO, IFD and WFP renew commitment to strengthening food security in Sri Lanka

Regional Plantations launch major campaign to combat impending food crisis

Crysbro spotlights poultry’s role in bolstering food security and empowering the rural economy

Safeguarding National Food Security in the Face of COVID-19