Sri Lanka: Food Crisis | ARTE.tv Documentary

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[@thavamt1776]

Fake video spreading fake news

[@kueisan8521]

Things are way better than what is shown in these so called documentaries. As a resident I agree that prices are high but there is a lot of wastage in Sri Lanka so now the people have learnt a lesson and hopefully become more careful with what nature has provided in abundance in this country. If one is not lazy you can plant anything on this fertile land and survive. People have got used to handouts. Lots of religious places are organising to help those in need.

[@dominic6055]

well said, also the rubbish and waste everywhere is a symptom of something deeper that is begging for change

[@allentarver6286]

Aman!! Here in the USA so many people are on welfare and get vouchers for housing making them lazy. When what is going on in Sri Lanka hits the USA people are gonna be fucked!!!

[@malla1993]

If u go and see in the economic centres, still lots of vegetables are getting discarded because of poor storage. That is a big waste for which the consumer pays the price.

[@kueisan8521]

@@malla1993 correct a colossal waste because no one cares about sustainability only get a fast buck

[@princedeasturias]

So many angry sri lankans in the comments. Have some compassion for people who are worse off than you

[@lakshidissanayake2017]

As a Sri Lankan, now Sri Lanka is back to normal. There is no shortage of food. People began to cultivate even the small space they had after they realized that there would be a shortage of food. Farmers cultivated all the fallow fields without fertilizer. I am happy to say that now the price of vegetables has come down. This news is old.

[@alappuzha9]

Good bro… India has always stood besides you…

[@eigochat]

Bull shit !!! Are you a slave of Ranil Rajapakse!!!

[@eigochat]

Allapuzha is not truly an Indian But a slave of the criminal Ranil Rajapakse !!! India and China are the partly responsible for helping the criminals and corrupted politicians who filled their pockets even aadanis

[@RollerGuideX]

This is utter BS. Surely a comment by a slave of current president and his clan trying to portray a rosy picture when the reality is otherwise. So many have lost jobs, businesses have been shutdown... there's no magic wand anybody can wave to make this go away fast. Some people are delusional to think otherwise. Yes things are more stable that it was before when queues lasted for days to just get a few litres of fuel. Now it's a bit better but at what cost? We're plunging further into debt. our families are being broken when parents are forced to leave SL for jobs leaving children vulnerable. So many skilled, competent and valuable professionals are leaving SL in droves... And most of them wont come back. And some believe " Sri Lanka is Back to Normal?". Really?

[@dominic6055]

You are right in the short term, prices are going down, but not because people or government have solved anything. Basically India and IMF loaned them big money and SL took a breathe,loosened up on imports and prices dipped a bit. But it's not a sustainable solution in the medium to long term, there needs to be deep agriculture reforms that incentivize production without relying from chemicals and with minimal energy input. SL is a country blessed to have that potential, but there needs to be plans of decades long visions which I don't see.

[@ahmedm6041]

Beautiful country with beautiful people and their dishes are out of this world!

[@eigochat]

But ruined by the racists greedy corrupted murderous criminals politicians!!! They ate and robbed all the foreign currency reserves and they didn’t have hard currency to import fertilizer so they the politicians lied to the people or hoodwinked them said for organic fertilizer!!! The truth is they didn’t have money same for basic medicine !!!

[@ajanantonyraj2063]

Sri lanka is an uncivilized county

[@mexicanmomo]

As an Indian, I would advise lankan people to choose gov who can take good economic decisions. Things would be better gradually.

[@dominic6055]

Props to the organic farmer, he understood very well the core reason of all issues

[@Vietnam-mintDotCom]

Sri Lanka suffers from severe corruptions due to interference by foreign mafia NGOs i.e. WHO, UN, etc.

[@joelgaas858]

I agreed to the organic farmer because in our rice field in the province we never used any chemicals that is why the harvest is continued and the quality of soil remained organic. that land was cultivated since multiple generation of generations until now. And the main reason why the ban of chemical fertilizer was not for the goal of shifting to organic farming but the government foreign reserved fund that used to purchased imported product like fertilizers was diminished until it was drained. Without foreign reserve a nation cannot import a product.

[@dominic6055]

SL is a socialist country and that means everything runs on subsidies and debt, until they cannot afford it anymore :) When I went there I was amazed how cheap trains and bus tickets were, especially in a country that has zero energy production, all the tuktuks beeping and riding with no customers... It was a very good idea to implement organic farming, but there should had been a scaling down use of chemicals in a span of at least 10 years. The government now is now offering Golden visas to foreigners bringing $ in, but it's a horrible program with high $ requirements and the money is going basically to real estate.Instead, they should lower capital requirements and redirect investments into organic farming cooperations.

[@minombreesWaiWaiHlaing]

I remember my Vietnamist tourist guide explained us about it.

[@joelgaas858]

@@dominic6055 you are correct Dom. Even in germany organic farming is gradual hence the soil was heavily nourished by chemicals. In my familya rice paddys even if we are 100% organic....we leave the soil for about 2 or 3 months uncultivated so that the biodiversity will replenish on its own. And by that....we continue to use our paddies generations of generations.

[@manuelorellana3769]

But the same problem is in El SALVADOR. an avocado cost $2 dollars. But the minimum wage is $ 12 Dollars

[@vikramaditya6812]

I am from Sikkim in India. We have completely organicised our farming and we are the richest in South Asia with 12K$.

[@SereneSarai]

I d like to visit Sikkim, North of India . Borderine of 3 countries

[@Steenu1]

Just came back from Sri Lanka. Travelled all over ! Didn`t experience any food shortages. But offcourse people suffer from a corrupt government, nepotism and the ruling elites mismangement of this country with plenty of resourses to feed itself. But the people want change and hopefully it Will happen.

[@barneycasting8331]

They don't pay income tax, but contemplating on a western lifestyle.

[@cskcmp5009]

Karma of killing Tamils let them suffer and leave this world they are Aryans

[@cskcmp5009]

Russia and Ukraine supplied cluster bombs to kill Tamils.devil Sinhalese

[@rumeshaniamarasinghe2289]

As a Sri Lankan,I can tell there is no shortage of food like last year..is this old documntry🙄

[@khanrehman7301]

5 Month ago I was there satuition is not worse as media show...

[@ruwananton1928]

Don't spread fake news. one year ago sri lanka were Like that. But now food price reduced. People who live in main cities are suffering more than villagers because of very high fuel price. Farmers grows vegetables, fruits with cheap price but transportation cost is very high.

[@AmuthanVethanayagam]

True. Also the subtitles are exaggerating the situation.

[@JadyGrudd]

green energy policies

[@sajithchamara6885]

What fake ??This is the bitter truth bro you don’t know because you middle class punk never visited outside

[@sajithchamara6885]

"I have noticed that many lower-middle-class Sri Lankan punks dismiss reports of poverty and hunger as fake or exaggerated. This reality may be difficult for them to accept because of their ego , or perhaps they have not witnessed firsthand the severity of the issue. Tragically, there are multiple cases of suicide resulting from hunger each week, and parents are forced to leave their infants behind to work abroad to make ends meet. These are the facts and facts do not care your feelings

[@satansfans]

As a Sri Lankan I can say that Sri Lanka is not facing food shortages at this moment! This video is pretty much exaggerated.

[@tanujasantiago1901]

Liar I know in my city people are suffering from hunger and poverty,you are flat 🤥 liar

[@JOSERICARDO-ir6ze]

Mmm...

[@thavamt1776]

​@@JOSERICARDO-ir6ze these videos are spreading fake news.... We have to stop it

[@sajithchamara6885]

Or you may never have been in poor areas

[@thavamt1776]

@@sajithchamara6885 I roamed the entire country last month as my family came for vacation ... Things have improved drastically compared to last year 1) petrol price reduced 2) Gas prices decreased by 1000rs 3) Tourism increased multifold 4) Remittances increased 5) Dollar rate is down by whopping 40rs. This will soon bring down food prices also

[@luxurycars8799]

This is about 6 months before but today is different vegs rice bread gas petrol all gone down . Inflation was 100% but today it is 40% sri lanka recovering very fast which no country done in history

[@naturallife1724]

Sri Lanka is getting normal now. Food and fuel prices are going down rapidly. So you can find many other difficult countries than Sri Lanka to make your next video.

[@oshanwijesinghe2234]

Not nomal naw

[@naturallife1724]

@@oshanwijesinghe2234 tho JVP pissu hu… puthek

[@ahmedm6041]

LMAO!

[@sweeta17]

in western countries the people are struggling with high cost of living and it gets worse all the time .

[@dominic6055]

You are right in the short term, prices are going down, but not because people or government have solved anything. Basically India and IMF loaned them big money and SL took a breathe,loosened up on imports and prices dipped a bit. But it's not a sustainable solution in the medium to long term, there needs to be deep agriculture reforms that incentivize production without relying from chemicals and with minimal energy input. SL is a country blessed to have that potential, but there needs to be plans of decades long visions which I don't see.

[@SurangaRanjithtrans]

She says "education isn't free in Sri Lanka" which isn't true. srilanka offers free education. But, she might trying to say that the stationary and external tution classes. That costs very much. The cost of living has been incresed by 3 times in SriLanka.

[@ndorobei4391]

There must be good preparation for fully organic. Without it only disaster.

[@MrAbiman]

You guys still using internet explorer?

[@lahiruudaw9021]

Now they are selling my country...😢

[@ligbzd837]

Another note: this also shows how 'dependent' the world is on chemical fertilizers... Organic farming, farming the natural way, is the only sustainable way. We all need to put in the work and time to transition to Organic. In the meantime...frankly, let's eat less and don't waste.

[@mexicanmomo]

Condition of Lanka is better than previous days.

[@godswittness69]

In USA the prices of food, housing, and fuel are through the roof. Many people are suffering.

[@nalinherath2095]

Gentlemen, when u did this documentary.. don't miss guide international communities about our country.. we don't have such issues even in the past. Come and see the country then u will understand..

[@rumeshaniamarasinghe2289]

Yes,so true..💯

[@ligbzd837]

Clearly, the bad decision of switching over to organic overnight was made by someone who did not consult farming or environmental experts. We (the world) need to switch over to Organic, growing, but that can't be done overnight. It takes time...it could take 3-4 years to heal the soil, gather animal/human manure, establish infrastructures, and for the plants to develop immunity against pests and diseases...

[@IMPATIENTINVESTOR]

my heart is heavy.

[@josuebaran8352]

I'ma pray for Sri Lanka,, A prayer to Christ

[@lalithseelanatha3933]

This is just fearmongering by media. Fake news.

[@diomuda7903]

The problem with "Lankans" is their recent claim of no food shortage was due to bunch of shipments of food from India, Bangladesh, China, Australia and even Europe to save them. The Rajapaksa dictatorship did a good job destroying it. Leave these shipments out and we will see a reality of Sri Lanka's shortage.

[@human8454]

According to happiness index srilanka is happier than india 😂

[@Spread_peace651]

But still in crisis. SRI Lanka got help 4 billion dollars from INDIA otherwise you would have died till now to make this comment. Be thankful that your father was with you..

[@kulunubhashitha799]

This video must have been uploaded year before

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

What do we learn from this: When politics are driven by ideology, bad things will happen.

[@rajahmuthiah8726]

organic farm take 10 years time not over night

[@dead_or_alive2649]

It’s obvious, by the size of his belly, that the organic farmer has never missed a meal. It’s so easy for those people to require others to sacrifice for their beliefs and ideas. I might actually have an ounce of respect for them if they were the ones suffering. But like the elites... It’s never them!

[@InsightHub23]

Dont spread lies, sri lanka is stable now

[@1960cdj]

Every hut has 3 to 6 children. How will they have a good life?

[@sloeberdoet]

Too many children per capita everywhere is taking yourself in trouble. It's their choice.

[@careemntb]

I’m from srilanka . There is no shortages of food here things but expensive but now normal . Seems like a propaganda. A

[@Januroma]

Fake news. This video make some other reason. Every country have rich n poor people. Bangaladesh nepal india way more poor people than Srilanka. Any srilanka citizen average salary 50000 srilankan rupee.

[@krzysraf5798]

I am in UK I eat only one meal a day It is mainly fat organic 100% grass fed meat eggs some vegetables and a lot of animal saturated fat like butter lard etc no fruits at all no bread rice pasta or other rubbish and it is perfect People should eat one meal max two meals a day mainly animal saturated fat meat eggs butter ghee butter lard etc no fruits sugar etc

[@kueisan8521]

Not everyone is fine having animal based diet. Asians are mostly vegetarian or used to a balanced diet of one animal protein veggies and lots of leafy greens and fruits.

[@sandunj1981]

This report is completely misleading . This is not the true situation in sri lanka now. There are difficulties for very poor people. But not as this difficult . Sure this report is according to a some ones agenda . If you really want to know the real situation watch a youtuber whos travelling around sri lanka these days.

[@malla1993]

Don't put click bait headlines to attract views. There is no freaking starvation of any kind in Sri Lanka.

[@manuelorellana3769]

But if food there is in abundance. What is the problem ? Prices by the clouds

[@Jeepster353]

This documentary is way too old news. Things are pretty much getting back to normalcy. What u should report is on the corruption in this country! How to stop it!

[@riaanmathew1285]

Just like Kerala, clean, no beggars...minus ìnflation

[@Jumper4ever93]

Pay arrention to the organic farmer; he grows fruits, not rice. You can't feed people with fruits.

[@nimanthaathisvara6446]

I have reported this documentary as it spread misinformation about sri lanka. sad to see these kind of chanels. please stop these type of documentaries. We had problems months before, but we are recovering from those problems.

[@dominic6055]

Demographic growth combined with increasing reliance of oil-based products, all this without an exit plan...is what leads society to collapse

[@dead_or_alive2649]

While the elitist (nephew) was talking it was beyond irritating. He’s sitting there in a Tommy Hilfiger shirt and the people of his country are starving because of HIS family’s disastrous decisions and horrible “leadership”. The audacity of these people is beyond measure! I’m absolutely sure him and his family NEVER misses a meal. They do not even have enough sense to be embarrassed and shouldn’t be able to even show their faces. Let alone do an interview in what basically constitutes as a palace in their country!

[@sweeta17]

sadly thats how it is and it is globally .

[@hellokittykitty737]

i also observed the same! his family milk sri lanka like a cow!!!!

[@leothenatureboy8463]

This is totally wrong. I can't believe how media showing this kind of lies. Its so sad even in developed countries some people struggle to find living and homeless than in srilanka.

[@charliepearce8767]

Poor, no food with no financial security . Quick !....have another baby.

[@Gtr888-ub6xf]

It's not a shortage of food but shortages of money to buy it

[@dorawilliams4628]

It's only going to get worse in this world 🌎

[@SereneSarai]

Banana is cheap . Sometimes in the crisis we have to endure. Not forever but a short time. Everyone will be detox. Health is promoted. Finally eveyone will thank you...crisis

[@diamondintheroughiamthelaw9682]

I think yams would grow well there 😊

[@ajanantonyraj2063]

Sri lanka Governments keep discriminating minority Tamil people for 50+ years, and still continues… That was the only reason Sri lanka became bankrupt and now begging for food & money from india china and imf

[@starrynight43451]

The reason for Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict is Dravidianism aka Tamil Nazism that came from TN. Tamils believe in an imaginary history in which whole south India and Sri Lanka was a Tamil. Tamils believe SL was Tamil and some cr@p called Kumari Kandam. This is the root cause of SL conflict. There is no any discrimination. SL is in this economic crisis exactly because of misguided Sinhala youths' decision to vote for pseudo reconciliation in 2015. If not for this error, SL would have been in a better place........

[@ajanantonyraj2063]

@@starrynight43451 Sri lanka into Bankruptcy. Reason:- Sinhalese are only good at racism and discriminating Tamils, nothing else. Best way to solve our ethnic problem is:- Our Tamil leaders must request India to annex our North & East provinces as a new state of India. Then only, all the problems will be solved.

[@amir1987.]

War Crime for Ethnic Cleansing now inflation and hunger 😢

[@starrynight43451]

Victim of Dravidianism and Tamil Nazism

[@oshanwijesinghe2234]

Very correct you are sawing bad inside ln sri lanka thank you

[@dileepasandeep6806]

did she serously said "education isn't free in Sri Lanka"

[@abdulwahabkayani9607]

Man with land and farmer still going hungry no pity should be shown for him.

[@skulay]

Self inflicted due to bad planning and corruption.

[@12villages]

Clearly they don't have a composting section

[@longdragon3]

Ah when you elect politicians with basic scientific literacy and also fail at building a rigid system(like Singapore) to elect politicians then you get this.

[@clownworld3913]

Don't worry, WEF will make Sri Lanka rich by 2025. Any day now.

[@katsullivan]

This documentary is old news. Sri lanka is so much recovered now. There is no food shortage. I think most developed countries will face food shortages in near future. But there won’t be any propoganda channels like this to report that. 😂

[@chocolatestarfish7053]

I use to fight on the streets of E.blanka

[@bonito34]

What? Are the russian lovers disappointed?😂

[@senormystery721]

Sri Lanka. The piggybank and playground of the Rajapaksa Family and friends.😊

[@andysue9361]

Why Sri Lanka don’t use fertilizer in agriculture ? Any why so many hybrid cars ? Environment is important but living a life is more important

[@sameerajay4898]

What lies. Education is totally free in Sri Lanka. This video disperse fake news

[@ishagabdulrazzak6298]

Sri Lanka has no shortages of food. That's a fake video.

[@oshanwijesinghe2234]

Save sri lanka children

[@krishanu6354]

India's high inflation high cost crisis economic crisis

[@romethda3msandha850]

Fake news

[@surajtheekshana7096]

Reported fake informations!

[@MrMarker8050]

21:00 I wish they would ask him, how chemical fertilizers are more harmful than what is happening to his country and people now

[@wsi8035]

Its all business G ones you grow plants,fruits,vegetables etc. With chemical fertilizers people would get sick and they can grow it cheap too and once that is done, from the otherside they sell medicines for sick people and make huge ton of money from it they lose nothing we lose everything tell me a single person whose really healthy in srilanka almost everyone are sick from the young kids its actually a shame.

[@dewam1599]

True Cultivators are the Insects, who give us honey, fruits and seeds. The people of false Farmers use poison and chemical fertilizers and make their own soil barren. Fertilizer does not improve the soil and you have to use it every year. Animal manure improves the soil. If a lot of chemical fertilizer has been used in the soil, it takes a few years to make it fertile again with animal manure.

[@oshanwijesinghe2234]

Bad government in lanka they ara wasting money

[@sivalingamponnuthurai3683]

Situation is worse than shown in this program. The country is totally bankrupt and people are suffering horrendous malnutrition. Top one percent live in a cuckoo land.

[@naturallife1724]

This is former LTTE terrorist which destroyed terrorist organization by Sri Lankan army.

[@lakshanrod]

What is this channel 😡 Don't spread fake news

[@rainmaker8677]

The boss for the tea. Is enjoying the benefits of higher price. Yet they cant pay the workers more. Lmao

[@Jumper4ever93]

He compensates for the loss of quantity. Why would he pay workers more if they gather less?

[@flevienify]

when people have no content to create new videos lolz Just a waste of money to create this video

[@ChandanaLiyanagamage]

Lot of poor people in srilanka some mother's suicide with their children thought food

[@shehan8013]

fu. Dont spread fasle news

[@derekpam7149]

To hard for the moms my goodness

[@naturallife1724]

Don’t let lies

[@kanchanaperera9072]

Rajapaksha family is a fraud famaly

[@ahmedm6041]

Sounds like the Sharif, Zardari, and the fake moulana Fazlu families of Pakistani politicians. Top to bottom corrupt..

[@anuragoonetilleke7887]

Thambi gani puke dipan, paie arabiyate

[@yashpanchal7065]

CHEW YOUR FOOD.

[@saravaneshvadivel7093]

It's sin lanka

[@huluqi3972]

The current world population is the result of high quantity and low quanlity. The elderly need to stop intentionly complaining that the young generations are not as good as their youth times, stop the greed and help the world heal. Start spreading sh_t now, help the earth/soil recover! What goes around, comes around, and it's just reasonable/pure nature. Sh_t heals!!! Ppl in the comments are generally helpful/good.

[@SuperZaidin]

tetap bersyukurlah tanah masih subur. hujan masih datang. artinya rahmat dari Allah.

[@heshanmadhushanka9645]

fake information

[@raghavsridhar]

India should not even give 1$ more unless Kachchatheevu island is given back to India along with full control of delft islands We are. Not here to do charity

[@rumeshaniamarasinghe2289]

Don't spread hatred..As a Sri Lankan,who studied in India,we also have good Indian friends with beautiful souls who love us dearly..We respect India and we love India as our closest friendly country.🙏

[@raghavsridhar]

@@rumeshaniamarasinghe2289 your forces kill Tamil fisherman and then you are saying you are friends

[@oshanwijesinghe2234]

Hunger hunger country sri lanka

[@SP-hv9uh]

ew namal 🤢

[@kamalwithanaarachchi]

baila

[@oshanwijesinghe2234]

Hight curraption country sri lanka

[@sweeta17]

tell me which country is not corupted and i bet you wont find a single one because they are all at it .

[@oshanwijesinghe2234]

No food to sri lanakan childrens

[@jakobfunk3970]

ist doch komisch, dasß in Holland und Sri Lanka gleichzeitig künstlicher Dünger verboten wird....möchte nicht wissen, wo noch¿

[@jakobfunk3970]

zensiert?? eure geistige Armut kotzt mich an

[@wsi8035]

Nothing is a coincidence we dont know whats behind it

[@Dragondezznuts]

0:49 that pineapple 🍍 😂 that’s it I’m moving.