Colombo International Tea Convention to drive global dialogue on tea as a lifestyle and a livelihood – The Island

*  Timely intervention prevents farmers from dumping their crop on open fields

*  Purchased over 30 metric tons of surplus tomato on April 26

*  The deal favourable for farmers is akin to a forward commodity pricing arrangement

*  Surplus tomato will be processed to manufacture KIST tomato sauce

by Sanath Nanayakkare

KIST food brand operated by Cargills Ceylon PLC, has stepped forward to help out farmers with their bumper tomato harvest. The move facilitates the farmers to sell their produce to the company five-fold the…