The Hon. Manjula Suraweera Arachchi (on behalf of the Hon. (Prof.) L.M. Abeywickrama)
Manjula Suraweera Arachchi, on behalf of Prof. L.M. Abeywickrama, requested year-by-year data from 2020 to 2025 on bulls used for semen collection, bovine semen produced and imported, calves born through artificial insemination, and bulls imported, relating to the Central Artificial Insemination Centre in Kundasale. The question also sought an explanation of the advantages of importing bovine semen for breeding rather than importing bulls for semen collection.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House, separately for each year from 2020 to 2025, the— (i) number of bulls used to obtain bovine semen at the Central Artificial Insemination Centre in Kundasale, which operates under the Department of Animal Production and Health; (ii) quantity of bovine semen produced at the said Centre and the quantity of bovine semen imported; (iii) number of calves born through artificial insemination at the said Centre; and (iv) number of bulls imported to Sri Lanka?
¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House of the advantages of importing bovine semen for breeding purposes instead of importing bulls to obtain semen?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Friday, 21 November 2025 ·No. 22936 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Manjula Suraweera Arachchi (on behalf of the Hon. (Prof.) L.M. Abeywickrama). 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 November 2025. No. 22936. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6280