COLOMBO( Reuters)-Sri Lanka wants farmers to plant more rice as part of plans to avert a severe food shortage, a top official said on Tuesday, as experts warned of a 50% drop in production that would worsen the impact of its already-severe financial crisis.... We request all farmers to step into their fields in the next five to ten days and cultivate paddy, ” Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera told a press conference on Tuesday.... Sri Lanka’s new prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has w