The WB Officials discuss the MTR of the CSIAP with the Chief Secretary of EP

The World Bank team led by Mr. John C. Keyser, Senior Agriculture Economist and the Task Team Leader of the Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) discusses the Mid Term Review (MTR) of the CSIAP with the Mr Thusitha. P. Wanigasinghe, the Chief Secretary of the Eastern Province (EP) this morning (30^th) at the Chief Secretariat in Trincomalee. The CSIAP is being implemented in three districts of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara in EP, and the WB officials will be having meetings with the Chief Secretaries of the rest of the provinces where the CSIAP is being implemented.

Dr. Athula Senaratne (Senior Agriculture Specialist), Mr. Seenithamby Manoharan (Consultant - Agriculture & Rural Development), Mr. Sarath Wickramaratne (Consultant - Institutions) and Mr. Mohamed Ameen (Consultant - Capacity Building, Fiduciary) of the World Bank and Mr. Dinesh Kumar Manhachery (Hydrologist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Consultant), Professor Rathinasamy Saleth (Climate Smart Agriculture, Producer Collectives & Enterprise Promotion, FAO Consultant); Professor Ravichandran Kannan (CSA Specialist, FAO Consultant), Mr. Azhar Khan (M&E Specialist, FAO Consultant), Senior Officials of Provincial Council and implementing agencies in EP, Eng. R.M.B. Rajakaruna (Project Director), Dr. R.M. Ariyadasa, (Deputy Project Director-EP), Specialists and Officers of the CSIAP were present in this event. Please click Images to see more photos of the MTR of the EP.