Why did the srilanken government feel compelled to adopt these policies?

In april of last year, the srilanken government band the importation of chemical fertilizers and pesicides used in farming. They again, wen with this idea they thought they could encourage organic farming. The result of that was that, overall production agricultural action fell by a third,. And rice production fell by forty three %. Snow youe got people there starving or going hungry. You've got massive food and security as well as the whole economy, basicly, hats been crippled.