International food chains to start buying gherkins and peppers from Eastern Sri Lanka
ColomboPage September 24th, 2008Sept 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Hayleys Group and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have successfully completed a six month pilot project linking 160 farmers in conflict affected Eastern Province to global agricultural supply chains.
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