Saturday 5 November 2022

The World Bank Officials visit Climate Smart Demonstration Village in Mullaitivu

The World Bank Delegations visited the Climate Smart Demonstration Village formed in Keppapulavu village located in the Mulliyawalai Agrarian Center area in Mullaitivu, Northern Province recently. The World Bank Officials discussed with the Keppapulavu producer society, formed in the village by the Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP), to Find out how to support furthermore to improve productivity and their livelihoods. The CSIAP provided this producer society with inputs, seeds and technical guidance to carry out cultivation in the village.

The World Bank team headed by Mr. Sheu Salau, CO-Task Team Leader (TTL) of the CSIAP visited the village along with Consultant Mr. S. Manoharan, Dr. Athula Senarathne, Senior Agriculture Specialist represented the World Bank, Mr. George Babu, Deputy Project Director (Northern Province), Subject Specialists and Officers of the CSIAP.

Story by R. Sanjeepan (Institutional Development & Capacity Building Specialist), NP, CSIAP