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  2. List of government-owned companies of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Orient Lanka Ltd; Paddy Marketing Board; ... Ruhuna 2001- Venture Capital Co. (Pvt) Ltd ... Spices & Allied Products Marketing Board; Sri Lanka Port Management ...

  3. Maithripala Sirisena - Wikipedia

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    The Paddy Marketing Board continues to regulate the prices of paddy to this day. [31] He also began important irrigation projects such as Moragahakanda, Kalu and Walawe rivers . [ 45 ] He was re-elected to Parliament at the 2000 parliamentary election and retained his ministerial portfolio.

  4. Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport - Wikipedia

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    The unused air cargo terminals were leased by the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) to store the rice bumper harvest from the region which allowed the Airport to make revenues larger than flight-related activities. [31] In 2016, over 300 soldiers, police officers and volunteers were deployed to chase away wild animals from the airport.

  5. Nalin Fernando - Wikipedia

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    He has held various senior roles at state-owned organisations: Agricultural Products Marketing Authority (director), Ceylon Steel Corporation (director), Co-operative Wholesale Establishment (chairman), Lanka Sathosa (chairman), Paddy Marketing Board (director) and State Commercial (Cooperatives and Wholesale) Company (director). [2]

  6. Rice production in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Paddy field in Sammanthurai, Ampara District. Rice production or Paddy production is one of the main productions and staple foods in Sri Lanka. It cultivates in all districts of Sri Lanka during two monsoon seasons. It is estimated that about 708,000 ha (1,750,000 acres) of land uses for paddy. [1] The seasons are called Maha season and Yala ...

  7. Paddy field - Wikipedia

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    A paddy field in Sammanthurai, Ampara District, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan paddy cultivation history dates back to more than 2000 years ago. The historical reports say that Sri Lanka is regarded as the "paddy store of the east" because it produced an excessive quantity of rice.

  8. List of countries by rice production - Wikipedia

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    Rice production by country (2019) This is a list of countries by rice production in 2022 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database.The total world rice production for 2022 was 776,461,457 [1] metric tonnes.

  9. Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Food Security - Wikipedia

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    Name Portrait Party Tenure Designation A. Ratnayake: United National Party: 1947-1952 Minister of Food and Cooperative Undertakings Felix Dias Bandaranaike: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 1963-1965 Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operative Development S. K. K. Suriarachchi: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 1970-1977 Minister of Food, Co-operatives and ...