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19 June 2017
A market stall of dreams It is 5.30 in the morning and 35-year-old Hilda Diles is the first one up. She prepares breakfast before heading to her family’s cultivation site located a few meters away from her home in Pandiwirichchan in Mannar. Hilda irrigates the brinjal, cassava, chilli, banana and mango...
A market stall of dreams It is 5.30 in the morning and 35-year-old Hilda Diles is the first one up. She prepares breakfast before heading to her family’s cultivation site located a few meters away from her home in Pandiwirichchan in Mannar. Hilda irrigates the brinjal, cassava, chilli, banana and mango...
13 June 2017
The Government of Canada has provided a grant of 6 Million Canadian Dollars to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the Agro-Economic Development Project (ADP) which aims to improve crop and livestock production in Kilinochchi. The assistance of FAO specifically pays attention to promoting gender...
The Government of Canada has provided a grant of 6 Million Canadian Dollars to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the Agro-Economic Development Project (ADP) which aims to improve crop and livestock production in Kilinochchi. The assistance of FAO specifically pays attention to promoting gender...
19 May 2017
Ending poverty by 2030 on our planet is a global agenda. Not many people would readily think forests can contribute to this agenda. People tend to look at manufacturing and service sectors such as tourism as the main vehicles for poverty reduction. But forests can play an important role in...
Ending poverty by 2030 on our planet is a global agenda. Not many people would readily think forests can contribute to this agenda. People tend to look at manufacturing and service sectors such as tourism as the main vehicles for poverty reduction. But forests can play an important role in...
08 May 2017
The renovated Agriculture Training Center and Agriculture Instructor’s Office located in Pemaduwa, Mahawilachchiya in the Anuradhapura district was inaugurated recently by the Director of Agriculture (Extension and Training) Mr. S.A. Arunappriya. The facility was renovated with funding from the European Union (EU) under the Support to District Development Programme (EU-SDDP)...
The renovated Agriculture Training Center and Agriculture Instructor’s Office located in Pemaduwa, Mahawilachchiya in the Anuradhapura district was inaugurated recently by the Director of Agriculture (Extension and Training) Mr. S.A. Arunappriya. The facility was renovated with funding from the European Union (EU) under the Support to District Development Programme (EU-SDDP)...
04 April 2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is inaugurating a project together with the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to assist developing site-specific fertilizer management systems for sustainable crop production in Sri Lanka. The project “Development of site-specific fertilizer management systems for sustainable crop production” with the funding...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is inaugurating a project together with the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to assist developing site-specific fertilizer management systems for sustainable crop production in Sri Lanka. The project “Development of site-specific fertilizer management systems for sustainable crop production” with the funding...
