Sri Lankan President focuses on addressing issues faced by the farming community and uplifting agriculture sector
President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena has last week said that at present many projects are being implemented to change the fate of the farming community while uplifting the agriculture sector in the country.
The President has made this observation while participating in the commencement of the Second Stage of the Wayamba Ela to be built at a cost of Rs. 16 billion in Polpithigama in the Kurunegala District.
The inauguration ceremony of the renovation of 2,400 rural tanks connected with ‘Ellanga Gammana’ or the Cascaded Tank-Village system in the Dry Zone was also held under the patronage of the President in the premises of the Kubukulawa Tank, Polpithigama.
The President has pointed out the adverse effects that have to be experienced by the farmers as a result of environmental damage in the country during the past few years.
“According to recent reports, Sri Lanka has reached the fourth place among the world’s worst affected countries in the world in the situation of weather and climate changes,” he has said.
The project is scheduled to channel 105,000 feet acres of water of the Mahaweli River to the northern area of the Kurunegala District annually. According to reports, 12,500 hectares of lands will be cultivated under the Wayamba Palath Ela project where irrigational water for 13,000 farmer families is to be provided.
OSL take:
The statement by the President of addressing issues faced by the farming community in the country and the development of the agricultural sector shows the opening up a host of business opportunities in the country’s agriculture sector. Foreign companies engaged in providing agriculture solutions could look at programmes to be implemented in Sri Lanka that could help cultivation amidst changing/adverse weather patterns. Also, look at introducing the latest technology in the agriculture sector to the country.
| Article Code : | VBS/AT/30082018/Z_3 |