Target-news ~~~~~ මේ පාර නම් මුරුංගා අත්තේ තියන්න බැරි වුණා ___________________‘Miti murunga’ a popular crop under Divi Neguma මෙවර දකුණු සහ බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණයේ දී කාලයකට පසුව ආණ්ඩුවට මන්ත්රී ආසන කීපයක්ම අඩු වුණා. ජනතාව මුරුංගා අත්තේ තබාගෙන ඡන්දය ගන්න සමත්කම් දක්වන ආණ්ඩුවට පළමු වතාවට ජනතාව මුරුංගා අත්තේ තබන්නට බැරි වූ බවයි අපට නම් පේන්නේ. බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ අමාත්යවරයා මුරුංගා නෙළා ගන්නා ගමන් එහෙම හිතුවද දන්නේ නැහැ. the distribution of the yields from 500,000 moringa oleifera plants among people under the Divi Neguma national program has proved a major success. Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa yesterday examined the yields of this short murunga plant which President Mahinda Rajapaksa planted at the Finance and Planning Ministry (Treasury premises) in late 2012. Moringa oleifera which can be harvested within six months was introduced by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa under the Divi Neguma national program to meet the government’s objective of encouraging the people to lead healthy lives by consuming nutritious food free of poisonous chemicals. This crop also known as miti murunga has become popular because it is easy to grow and easy to sustain. Introduced to Sri Lanka from South India 13 years ago, it can be grown in tropical climates and is a favourite food of people in the Middle-East which has become the main market for this crop grown in Sri Lanka. Although this plant grows easily in the island’s dry zone, it can also be easily grown in all areas of the low country from Jaffna to Hambantota, according to Agricultural Radio Service acting Director Hiran Peiris. According to him it is best to grow it in areas where water flows rather than in places where water gets collected. The plant yields throughout the year and contains many nutrients the body need for healthy growth, he said. Among them are vitamins A, B and C, potassium, carbohydrates, calcium, phosperous, sodium, iron and magnesium, all of which are found in the leaves and pods of the murunga plant, which the Economic Development Ministry hopes to popularise throughout the island. Anura S. Liyanage Target-news -Tuesday April 1st 2014
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:39:03 +0000