Around 700 farmers in Puthukudiyiruppu received Rs 6.65m worth of inputs

The Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) continually provides farmers with inputs to carry out cultivation without delay in the areas where the CSIAP is being implemented. Under this, around 700 farmers representing producer societies in  Mallikativu, Manakandal and Puthukudiyiruppu East received Rs 6.65m worth of inputs recently from the CSIAP.

Inputs such as 13 types of vegetable seeds, Turmeric & Ginger rhizomes, 50 Grow bags, Plants (Guava, Lime, Murunga, Papaw, Passion) Manioc and Sweet potato cuttings were distributed among farmers. The World Bank Team headed by Mr.  Sheu Salau, CO- Task Team Leader (TTL) of the CSIAP & Mission Leader handed inputs over to farmers with CSIAP staff.

Addressing the audience Mr. Salau said that the World Bank always support improving the productivity and living standards of the farming community. Consultant Mr. S. Manoharan and Dr. Athula Senarathne, Senior Agriculture Specialist of the World Bank, Mr. George Babu, Provincial Deputy Project Director (Northern Province) Subject Specialists and Officers of the CSIAP attended this event.

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

The World Bank opens a Sales Center and Training Hall at Puthukudiyiruppu, NP

The Sales Centre & Training Hall built at the Agrarian Service Center in Puthukudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu under the modernization of Agrarian Service Centers was inaugurated by the World Bank recently. The World Bank Delegations led by Mr.  Sheu Salau, CO- Task Team Leader (TTL) of the CSIAP & Mission Leader along with Consultant Mr. S. Manoharan ceremonially opened the new Center and Hall by unveiling the plague, and the Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) spent Rs 10m to modernize the Puthukudiyiruppu Agrarian Service Center. Dr. Athula Senarathne, Senior Agriculture Specialist of the World Bank, Mr. George Babu, Provincial Deputy Project Director (Northern Province) Subject Specialists and Officers of the CSIAP were on this attended this occasion.

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