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Around 80,000 mt of seed paddy needed – Agri-expert   Source:sundayobserver.lk The term ‘food security’ looks simple, but it is complex. According to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, a country is considered food secured “when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life,” said Senior Professor, Weed Science Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya,  Buddhi Marambe told the Sunday Observer. He said as stated many times before, agriculture in Sri Lanka has evolved over the past seven decades since independence. Paddy production, especially, has reached its heights thanks to the forward-looking action taken by our scientists since the early 1950s and farmers embracing new technologies recommended by the Department of Agriculture and the commodity research institutes. “For example, we improved ...