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28 June 2017
Located in Thirukkovil, in the Ampara district, the Kanchikudichcharu Irrigation Scheme is intertwined with the lives of farmer families who irrigate their paddy lands with the waters of the tank in both the Maha (rainy) and Yala (dry) seasons. However due to three decades of conflict, the irrigation scheme was...
Located in Thirukkovil, in the Ampara district, the Kanchikudichcharu Irrigation Scheme is intertwined with the lives of farmer families who irrigate their paddy lands with the waters of the tank in both the Maha (rainy) and Yala (dry) seasons. However due to three decades of conflict, the irrigation scheme was...
23 June 2017
Rice production to drop by nearly 40 percent in 2017 - assisting farmers is critical to halt growing food insecurity 22 June 2017, Rome – A severe drought followed by heavy rainfalls in Sri Lanka has hit large swaths of cropping areas, threatening the food security of some 900,000 people, according...
Rice production to drop by nearly 40 percent in 2017 - assisting farmers is critical to halt growing food insecurity 22 June 2017, Rome – A severe drought followed by heavy rainfalls in Sri Lanka has hit large swaths of cropping areas, threatening the food security of some 900,000 people, according...
19 June 2017
In Maligawila in Monaragala, members of a women’s society are on an exposure visit conducted by the area veterinary officer regarding rearing dairy cattle. The group is visiting the farm belonging to Saranga Rajasinghe, a paddy and chena farmer who is now combining agriculture with dairy as his main sources...
In Maligawila in Monaragala, members of a women’s society are on an exposure visit conducted by the area veterinary officer regarding rearing dairy cattle. The group is visiting the farm belonging to Saranga Rajasinghe, a paddy and chena farmer who is now combining agriculture with dairy as his main sources...
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...
