For decades, Sri Lankan farmers were big supporters of the Rajapaksa's political clan. But the country's agriculture sector was hit hard by a ban on agrochemicals imposed last year as the government introduced an ambitious plan to make Sri Lanka the world's first nation to rely solely on organic farming. As a result, crops suffered and so did incomes - with farmers now joining protests amid a dire economic crisis to call for the Rajapaksas to go.

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