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| Country Director and Country Manager unveil the plaque of FFS |
Mr. Faris. H. Hadad-Zervos, Country
Director, the World Bank, laid the foundation stones for the Farmer Field School (FFS) of the Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project
(CSIAP) alone with Ms. Chiyo Kanda,
Country Manager and other world bank officials yesterday (22) at Thirappane in Anuradhapura
District
The
CSIAP has started to develop a simple,
but fully-fledged the FFS named as Govipole Iskole or Wivasaya Patashala at
Mannakulama Village of Thirappane in Anuradhapura District in a state land at
close proximity to Wagayakulama Tank. The Farm Field School (FFS) of the CSIAP
will be used to train farmers and extension officers in hotspot areas to give
hands-on experience on Climate Smart Agriculture practices and technologies. It
is expected to train 2,700 farmer
leaders and 200 extension officers. The
CSIAP will bear Rs 146.7 M from the total project cost of Rs 163.2 M of the
project.
The
FFS has been designed to fit into a
farming environment protecting environmental sustainability and will
accommodate a maximum of 25 participants at a time. This FFS is located
approximately 30km South of Anuradhapura town in the North Central
Province. It falls under the Thirappane Divisional Secretariat Division and
the Thirappeney Agrarian Service Division.
Dr. Milinda Pathiraja of the University of Moratuwa did the architectural design of
the FFS.
Department of Agriculture is collaborating with the CSIAP in this
project and will continue to engage in building the capacity of farmers and
extension officers after the project.
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| Architect Mr. Sivayogaraj explains the architectural design of the FFS and invitees enjoy traditional Sri Lankan sweets |
The
World Bank Country Director and other officials were welcomed by Eng. R.M. B.
Rajakaruna, Project Director, staff of the CSIAP and farmers, and escorted to
the ceremonial ground by a cultural procession. The Country Director and Country Manager unveiled the plaque to commence the construction work of the FFS there. Secondly, distinguished guests planted saplings to remark the event and laid foundation stones with the Project Director, CSIAP and farmers. The project Director of CSIAP made the welcome speech and Country Director addressed the audience. Both male and female farmers had an opportunity to express their ideas on FFS to world bank officials. Architect Mr. Sajith Sivayogaraj explained the architectural design of the FFS. The CSIAP’s North Central Province (NCP) led by Mr. Lakshman Premanath, Deputy Project Director (NCP) and his staff organized the above event. All participants were treated with traditional Sri Lankan sweets.
The Country Director and Country Manager unveiled
the plaque to commence the construction work of the FFS there. Secondly, distinguished
guests planted saplings to the remark event with the
Project Director, CSIAP and farmers, laid foundation stones. The project Director of CSIAP made the welcome speech and Country Director addressed the audience. Both male and female farmers had an opportunity to express their ideas on FFS to world bank officials. Architect Mr. Sajith Sivayogaraj explained the architectural design of the FFS. The CSIAP’s North Central Province (NCP) led
by Mr. Lakshman Premanath, Deputy Project Director (NCP) and his staff organized
the above event. All participants were treated with traditional Sri Lankan sweets.
Mr. S.Manoharan, Senior Consultant (Agriculture,
Food & Rural Development), Dr. Athula Senaratne, Senior Agriculture Specialist, Asela Dissanayake, Senior Operations Officer representing the World
Bank office-Sri Lanka, representatives of the implementing agencies, Eng.
R.M.B. Rajakaruna, Project Director, Deputy Project Directors from the Project
Mnagment Unit and Provincial Offices, Specialist, other staff of the CSIAP and farmers were present in this ceremony.
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| Escorting to the ceremonial ground, laying foundation stones and planting saplings |
