The Impact of Fertilizer Subsidy on Average Paddy Yield in Sri Lanka

Concerning Paddy cultivation, it is one of the major sectors livelihood in Sri Lanka, employing more than 1.8 million people. The Fertilizer subsidy scheme was initiated 1962 with invention High Yielding Varieties parallel to Green Revolution. There were three main components given under program Urea, Triple Super Phosphate (TSP), and Potassium Chloride (MOP). As other developing countries, fertilizer has become a politically sensitive issue since paddy farmers are majority voters country. Mostly, favorably affected yield, self-sufficiency, effectiveness, food security while there many bad effects such as overuse chemical fertilizer, ignoring organic dependency on imported fertilizers, huge burden government budget, etc. Therefore, objective study evaluate impact average yield Lanka. Secondary data gathered order find yield. Multiple regression analysis used analyze providing Urea all fertilizers changes from time represented using relevant graphs tables. Can be seen gradual increase import In this study, found that positive significant relationship So, can concluded that, need for existence subsidies Lanka moderation reduce