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Sri Lanka faces looming food crisis with stunted rice crop

As Sri Lanka’s staple food, it points to further pressure on a country already struggling with its worst economic crisis in modern times, including runaway inflation and growing levels of malnutrition. Sri Lanka faces looming food crisis with stunted rice crop
Nallathambi Mahendran, 67, a farmer, walks through his paddy field, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka July 28, 2022. Reuters
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Published at : August 16, 2022
Updated at : August 16, 2022 14:11
Kilinochchi/colombo, Sri Lanka

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