Best wishes to all Sri Lankans to mark the New Year 2021

Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) extends its sincere greetings and best wishes to all Sri Lankans to mark the New Year 2021 a meaningful and fruitful one. We are entering a decade during which we must find solutions for combating climate change and building a better future for all. Therefore, CSIAP is making greater efforts in fighting climate change vowing to keep people safe and healthy as COVID-19 which, is spreading in our community, has been remaining an urgent task on an unprecedented scale.

May this year bring new happiness, new goals, new achievements, and a lot of new inspirations on your life. CSIAP encourages its beneficiaries to make 2021 a better year, and overcome challenges. May all Sri Lankans’ dreams come true and all their hopes are fulfilled. Let us all get together and join hands in order to strengthen and uplift our country. CSIAP wishes you a healthy, peaceful, and prosperous new year.

CSIAP is moving forward in 2021 to improve the agricultural economy in Sri Lanka

The climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) is moving forward in 2021 to improve living standards of farmers in CSIAP command areas and boost agroeconomic in Sri Lanka said, Miss. Sharmi Shanmuganathan, Gender Development Officer and Acting Social Safeguarded Officer, Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project, (CSIAP), with an exclusive interview with Tamil National Service of SLBC  on 24th Dec 2020. 

CSIAP is implementing COVID 19/ YALA 2020 Cultivation Programme, Mid-season Cultivation Programme, Maha Season Cultivation Programme, Cluster Village Development programmers, Climate Smart Nutritional Sensitive Home Garden Progaamme, 47 ASC Modernization and Digitalization, Rehabilitation of Agriculture Roads, Construction of Grain Warehouses, Cascade Development through the rehabilitation of minor and medium tanks, Establishment of Farm Field School at Thirappane and CSA Model Villages, She further added. This discussion was broadcasted simultaneously with  Thendral FM and Yaal FM of SLBC too.

Please click to listen to full interview on: Tamil Service at SLBC

The CSIAP Launches Farmers’ Database Training Programme for Project Staff

A special training programme on the Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) farmers’ database was held yesterday (22nd) at the Governor’s Auditorium of the North Central Provincial Council Office in Anuradhapura, under the patronage of Dr. Priyantha Weerasinghe, Project Director of CSIAP. This marks the first occasion on which CSIAP has conducted a dedicated training programme of this nature for its staff. 

Selected staff members from six Deputy Project Directors’ Offices, including Provincial Deputy Project Directors and senior officials of the Project Management Unit (PMU), participated in the programme. The training provided hands-on practical experience on the farmers’ database system, facilitated by Mr. Uvindu Anuradha and Mr. Ajantha Lakmal, Senior Web Developers from SLT Digital Info Services (Pvt) Ltd. The training team was led by Mr. Danushka Gangoda, Team Leader. Mr. Lakshman Premanath, Deputy Project Director of the CSIAP in the North Central Province, was also present at the programme.