Sri Lanka Tobacco Expand

Source from:  REUTERS 09/02/2010

Tobacco farmers Sarath, 35 (L), and Asamdin, 32, pick tobacco leaves in a farm near Dambulla, about 147 km (91 miles) north of the capital Colombo, August 23, 2010. Sri Lanka's agriculture sector has expanded 9 percent in the first quarter of this year, compared to last year's 3.6 percent in the similar quarter, for which the central bank has attributed to increased supply from the island nation's northern province after the end of a 25-year in May last year. Enditem