Realistic or just rhetoric? The ban on chemical fertilizer (Ground Views) 

Ground Views (Sri Lanka) published an article that references an IFPRI survey that found that farmers faced food insecurity as a result of the measures that had been put into place to curb the spread of Covid-19. The report said that “High levels of food insecurity and disruptions across domains such as income, asset ownership, and agriculture could have short- and long-term effects on people’s health, nutrition, and wellbeing.” This report surveyed its respondents between December 2020 and February 2021. It is a safe assumption that the above conclusion did not take into consideration the impact of the potential see-sawing of policy that was to ensue.