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BUSINESS AFFAIRS

  • AGRICULTURE SECTOR

    Smallholder farmers play an important role in ensuring global food security as they produce around a third of the world’s food supply. They face many challenges

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  • ECONOMIC INDICATORS

    After peaking at 69.8 percent year on year in September 2022, the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) fell to 35.3 percent in April

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  • WORLD ECONOMY

    As far as the world economy is concerned, there are reasons to be both fearful and cheerful. With the recent release of the IMF’s

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  • AGRICULTURE SECTOR

    Climate change impacts agriculture significantly. As tempera­tures rise and weather patterns become more unpredictable, farmers face numerous challenges

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  • SUSTAINABILITY DRIVE

    There is a scientific consensus that the world urgently needs to transition towards a radically different growth path that’s sustainable and low carbon

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  • ECONOMIC REFORM

    Sri Lanka received approval from the IMF for an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) on 20 March. This marked around a year since

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  • FED POLICY

    It’s an interesting time to revisit US Federal Reserve policy given the recent turmoil in the banking sector. The failure of two

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  • FOOD SECTOR

    In December, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that around 30 percent of Sri Lanka’s population – that’s over 6.5 million people – were

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  • AGRICULTURE SECTOR

    Urban agriculture – the cultivation, processing and distribution of food in or near metropolitan areas – has the potential to improve global food

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  • THE TRADE DEFICIT

    The trade deficit narrowed last year, falling to its lowest level since 2010; this was driven by higher exports and lower

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