Sri Lanka, March 2 -- A special committee has been appointed to address crop damage caused by wild animals and to provide essential recommendations for managing the animals responsible.

This committee has been appointed by the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Livestock, and Irrigation, M.P.N.M. Wickramasinghe, under the guidance of the Minister, K.D. Lalkantha.

Accordingly, D.S. Rathnasinghe, the Additional Secretary (Agricultural Development) of the Ministry, has been appointed as the Chairman, along with 15 other members.

The committee is currently receiving and evaluating ideas and suggestions from scholars, environmental organizations, environmentalists, farmers, innovators, and citizens on how to prevent damage to ...