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Rice paddy cultivators in Nelumwewa in northwestern Sri Lanka experiment with new varieties of vegetables in the inhospitable saline soil. UNDP plans to help them cultivate vegetables on a larger scale, after efforts to grow rice were unsuccessful.
Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN

  • Rice paddy cultivators in Nelumwewa in northwestern Sri Lanka experiment with new varieties of vegetables in the inhospitable saline soil. UNDP plans to help them cultivate vegetables on a larger scale, after efforts to grow rice were unsuccessful.

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  • Credits Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN
  • Themes Food Health
  • Regions Sri Lanka

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