New board to promote nutritious local food

The Government will set up a National Food Promotion Board (NFPB) to educate people “on the value of local and traditional food.” It comes on a recommendation by Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and will replace the National Freedom from Hunger Campaign (NFHC) Unlike the NFHC, the NFPB will have new objectives. They will include: [...]

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