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Sri Lanka is facing a difficult situation.
The president wants the country to grow all its food organically, without any chemicals.
So, he has stopped farmers using chemical fertilisers.
But this creates serious problems.
Farmers worry the tea won't grow well without chemical fertilisers.
Cinnamon, pepper and rice farmers are all worried too.
Tea maker Herman Gunaratne explains the problem.
Like most countries, Sri Lanka is also facing problems caused by the Coronavirus.
There is an economic crisis with increasing unemployment.
Gunaratne believes this will get much worse because of the president's organic plan.
Farmers will grow less tea if it's grown organically.
That means, fewer people are needed to pick the tea.
So, unemployment will grow, as Gunaratne explains.
Sri Lanka gets more than $1.25 billion from selling tea.
The country earns the most from selling tea.
But Gunaratne believes that if farmers grow organic tea, they will grow 50 percent less tea.
And the economy will suffer.
