Agriculture

A training program and appointment ceremony for officers authorized to manage Parthenium weed under the Plant Protection Act No. 35 of 1999 was conducted by the Department of Agriculture, Northern Province, on 7th November 2025 at the District Agricultural Training Centre, Thirunelvely. The event was held under the chairmanship of Mrs. S. Senthilkumaran, Provincial Director […]

The Field Day programme on the theme of promoting millet cultivation was held on Wednesday, 17.09.2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the Konavil area, at the field of farmer Mr. Mayilvaganam Vimalarathinam, under the Akkarayankulam Agriculture Instructor Range, Kilinochchi District. The event was organized under the leadership of Agriculture Instructor Mrs. K. Sutharsini. The event was

The field day programme on model village home gardening was held on 11.09.2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the home garden premises of farmer Mrs. Neethirasa Kirujana, at Vannankeni, Thampakamam Palai, under the leadership of Agriculture Instructor Mrs. R. Mathumai, in the Palai Agriculture Instructor Range , Kilinochchi district. The event was graced by the Deputy

An input distribution event under the Provincial Specified Development Grant aimed at improving the livelihood of farmers in Kilinochchi District was held on Wednesday, 10th September 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at the office of the Deputy Director of Agriculture, under the leadership of Mrs. S. Vijayathasan, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Kilinochchi. Mr. S. Muralitharan, Government

Under the Provincial Specific Development Grant red onion Seed Production program in this year, in Kilinochchi district. Currently, the crop has reached the harvest stage, and the Field Day event has been organized. The event was held at the Mulankavil Agriculture Instructor Range on 26.08.2025 at 09.00 am under the leadership of Agriculture Instructor Mr.

The Parthenium weed has been managed in Jaffna District through mechanical, chemical, and legal methods. However, for its biological control, a program was conducted on Tuesday, 26.08.2025, at 10:00 a.m. at the Neervely North Grama Niladhari Office, under the leadership of Mr. Radhakrishnan Aingaran, Technical Assistant, Neervely. The event was attended by Mrs. Anjanadevi Srirangan,

In order to uplift the livelihoods of farmers in the Mannar District, an input distribution event under the Provincial Specified Development Grant was held on Friday, 26.09.2025 at 10:00 a.m. at the Mannar District Agricultural Training Centre, Uyilankulam, under the leadership of the Deputy Director of Agriculture for Mannar District, Mrs. Priyatharsini Ramanendran. The District

A field day event for the success of the parachute method of paddy cultivation was held on 17th July 2025 at 9:00 a.m. in the paddy field of Mr. M. Thevarasa, a progressive farmer from Thandikulam village, located in the Thonikkal Agriculture Instructor Range in Vavuniya District. The event was organized by Deputy Director of

An event to distribute agricultural inputs under the Provincial Specific Development Grant (PSDG) was held on Friday, 18th July 2025, at 9:00 a.m. at the community hall in Keerisuttaan village, which has been selected as a model village under the Mannar District’s Madhu Divisional Secretariat Division. The event was conducted under the chairmanship of the

Under the PSDG program during the Yala season of 2025, seed paddy production is currently being commenced on 50 acres of land under the Paavatkulam major irrigation scheme in the Vavuniya District. A total of 50 farmers have been selected for this programme, with each beneficiary receiving 3 bushels of seed paddy per acre on