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Sri Lanka gives public workers extra day off per week to grow food - Levin - 16-06-2022
PUBLISHED JUN 14, 2022, 4:41 PM SGT
COLOMBO (AFP) - Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is asking civil servants to take an extra day off each week to grow crops in their backyards in a bid to forestall a looming food shortage.
The island nation's unprecedented economic downturn has left several staple foods in short supply, along with petrol and medicines, and rampant inflation is ravaging household budgets.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/take-holiday-to-grow-food-sri-lanka-tells-civil-servants