CSIAP is moving forward to boost the agricultural economy and living standards

Dr. Priyantha Weerasinghe,
Deputy Project Director, CSIAP

CSIAP is moving forward to boost the agricultural economy of the country and uplift the living standards of farmers in climatically vulnerable hot spots areas of 11 districts of the country despite a critical situation where the whole country is facing due to the Covid19 pandemic said, Dr. Priyantha Weerasinghe, Deputy Project Director, Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) with  excursive interviews with National electronic media.  

Expressing furthermore during the interviews with the SLBC, Lakhanda and Ruhunu Sevaya, Dr. Weerasinghe said that this project aims to improve the climate resilience of farming communities through increasing  productivity in climatically vulnerable Hot-Spot Areas identified in 11 districts of Sri Lanka.

In moving forward the project is implementing a program to increase other field crops production covering more than 3000 ac and 5000 beneficiary farmers in this Yala season in all 11 districts and the project will be implemented over six years (2018-2024), he further added.
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SLBC Sinhala Service, SLBC Tamil Service, SLBC English Service, Lakhanda and Ruhunu Sevaya.