Cyclone Ditwah has caused severe destruction across Sri Lanka’s agricultural sector, wiping out extensive paddy and vegetable lands at the start of the Maha 2025/26 season. According to Agriculture Secretary D.P. Wickremesinghe, the cyclone has completely destroyed 108,000 hectares of rice paddies, along with 11,000 hectares of other field crops and 6,600 hectares of maize, posing a major setback

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