HSAADP and Way Forward Activities in 2020 in Monaragala

Representing the World Bank, Mr. Sarath Wickramarathne, Consultant, and Mr.V.Mohamed Ameen, Consultant (Financial Management) attended a special meeting, which was organized to discuss the Hot-Spot Area Agriculture Development Plan (HSAADP) and way forward activities in 2020 at the Provincial Deputy Director Office (Uva) in Monaragala recently. This meeting was chaired by Mr. I.H. Dharmasekara, Deputy Project Director (Uva Province). Staff of each discipline working for Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) were also present.

HSAADP and Way Forward Activities in 2020 in Trincomalee

A special meeting was organized to discuss the Hot-Spot Area Agriculture Development Plan (HSAADP) and Way Forward Activities in 2020 at the Provincial Deputy Director Office (Eastern) in Trincomalee recently. This meeting was chaired by Dr. R.M. Ratnayake, Deputy Project Director (Eastern). On behalf of  the World Bank, Mr. Sarath Wickramarathne, Consultant, and Mr.V.Mohamed Ameen, Consultant (Financial Management) attended this event. Staff of each discipline working for Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) were also present.

The Retreat to meet the challenges in 2020

The Retreat, which was held at International Kotmale Institute of Irrigation and Water Management last week, had been purely organized for the benefit of Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) and this two-day residential programme was scheduled to reorganize and reorient if necessary, to meet the challenges in 2020. 

CSIAP completed nearly one year in operation at the end of year 2019. The project at present has established its all Provincial offices and also recruited almost all the staff including specialists in different disciplines. At the dawn of year 2020, the CSIAP was in the view of organizing a re-treat to self-examine its performances during the past year and will look way forward in year 2020.

Project Director Eng. Nadaraja Sivalingam is welcoming participants. World Bank officials 
Mr. Seenithamby Manoharan and Mr. Sarath Wickramarathne were also present.

Senior officials of the Project Management Team (PMU) and  Provincial Deputy Director Offices of CSIAP attended this retreat. Representing World Bank Mr. Seenithamby Manoharan, Task Team Leader  of CSIAP and Senior Rural Development Specialist, Mr. Sarath Wickramarathne, Consultant, and Mr.V.Mohamed Ameen, Consultant (Financial Management) also participated in this event. 

The PMU of the CSIAP celebrates new year 2020

The staff of  the Project Management Unit (PMU), Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture  Project celebrate new year 2020

Wishing you a very Happy New Year 2020

Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) extends its sincere greetings and best wishes to all sri Lankans to mark the New Year 2020 a meaningful and fruitful one. Sri Lanka is a multi-religious and multinational country where all communities live with amity and unity. CSIAP hopes that the new year will be the best year of Sri Lanka.

May the new year bring all the good things with no risks to those who live in climatically vulnerable areas in Sri Lanka. CSIAP hope that the new year will be full of positivity for them under its project activities.

The New Year binds with the expectations. May all Sri Lankans’ dreams come true and all their hopes be fulfilled. Let us all get together and join hands in order to strengthen and uplift our country. CSIAP wishes you a healthy, peaceful, and prosperous new year.

CSIAP on Sooriya Wimana, a live TV programme telecasted by ITN

Dr. Priyantha Weerasinghe, Deputy Project Director and Mr. Sisira Semasinghe, Agriculture extension Specialist of the Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) were on Sooriya Wimana, a live TV programme telecasted by ITN at 10.00am on 27th this month to talk about CSIAP and its objectives.

Please click to watch: Sooriya Wimana on YouTube or Sooriya Wimana on Facebook

CSIAP to improve the productivity and climate resilience is underway in Sri Lanka

Dr. Weerasinghe is on ITN FM

The development objective of Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) is to improve the productivity and climate resilience of smallholder agriculture in selected hotspot areas. The project will address the key problem of the vulnerability of agriculture systems in climatic hot spot areas of the country. Dr. Priyantha Weerasinghe, Deputy Project Director of CSIAP talked about CSIAP on ITN FM at 7.55pm on 23rd  this month.

The project is fully integrated within the Government of Sri Lanka administration, and the project implementation is designed to capitalize on existing government agencies at all levels. The participating departments will carry out the project activities within their mandates, but coordinated by provincial DPD (Deputy Project Director) offices, with district units established at the Department of Agriculture (DoA)/Provincial Irrigation Department (PID)/Assistant Commissioner Agrarian Development (ACAD) offices and divisional units established at Agrarian Service Centers (ASCs).  Please click to listen: News of ITN FM yesterday (23rd).