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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...
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)...
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...
14 March 2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education has established a database to assist the Ministry to monitor the nutritional status of the schoolchildren in Sri Lanka. The support is being provided through a grant from the Government of Spain, administered...
08 March 2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development conducted a training of trainers  workshop on the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) and inspection from 30 January to 3 February 2017 under the FAO project ‘Capacity building to...