Daily Current Affairs / Sri Lanka imposed a ban on Chinese organic fertilizer after the bacteria named 'Erwinia' were detected.
Category : International Published on: October 02 2021
· Sri Lanka has banned imports of organic fertilizers made in China after state agriculture officials detected harmful bacteria in them for the second time.
· Sri Lanka was to import 99,000 metric tonnes of organic fertilizer from China's Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co Ltd for $63 million.
· On 17 September, agricultural experts in Sri Lanka found that China produced organic manure that contained a microorganism called 'Erwinia'.
Important facts
About Sri Lanka
v Former name: Ceylon
v Separated from the Indian continent: by the Gulf of Munnar and the Palk Strait
v Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
v President: Gotabaya Rajapakse
v Currency: Sri Lankan Rupee
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