Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure, Samantha Vidyarathna, states that the fertilizer subsidy will be provided to coconut plantation owners starting from the end of this month.An overall amount of Rs.
5,600 million has been allocated for this effort, which aims to support coconut farmers with plantations of less than 5 acres.The Minister even more stated that the government has a stock of 56,700 metric lots of fertilizer available for distribution under this subsidy program.