Activities of CSNSHG and CVDP for the betterment of Sri Lanka

Mr Sisira Semasinghe, Agriculture Extension Specialist

Women farmers are provided greater access to agriculture expertise, participation in local cultivation planning and decision making under Climate Smart Nutrient Sensitive Home Garden (CSNSHG); they are also provided adequate representation at all levels in relevant planning and decision making addressing the gender gap. CSNSHG is identified as the women farmer-based activity targeting to empower women farmers

A cluster village is an area where farmers are cultivation same crop or crop combinations following the Climate Smart Practices under the Cluster Village Development Programe (CVDP) . Cluster Village hence act as a Climate smart model village for farmers in hot spot areas and act as a information exchange and feedback receival village on Climate Smart Agriculture providing greater learning experience for farmers. The basic idea of each Cluster Village is to increase farmer income, applying all possible Climate Smart Agriculture practices. 

Mr Sisira Semasinghe, Agriculture Extension Specialist, Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) explained the current status of both CSNSHG and CVDP, which is being implemented by CSIAP , in an exclusive interview with Lakhanda Radio on 29^th this month.

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