cultivation Archives

June 27, 2024

Smallholder farmers report profits of over one million rupees per cultivation season from 0.25 acres of land after adopting GAP. 27 June 2024, COLOMBO – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) modernized farms and introduced Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) to over 600 smallholder vegetable farmers in Badulla, Monaragala, and Mullaitivu districts. […]

November 20, 2023

Colombo, 20 November 2023 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) together with the Department of Agriculture and the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka with funding from the European Union (EU) recently launched a Farmer Field Schools Programme to train 6,000 smallholder paddy farmers across four key rice-growing […]

July 21, 2022

Colombo, July 21, 2022: Seylan Bank, the Bank with a Heart, encouraged its employees to join the home cultivation drive to help them face the challenge of increasing food prices by growing essential vegetables and fruit plants at home. As such, the Seylan Staff Welfare Association partnered with the Department of Agriculture […]

FAO’s Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Initiative Boosts Modernization, Elevates Farmers’ Livelihoods

6,000 Paddy Farmers to be Trained on Sustainable Cultivation with FAO and EU Support.

Seylan Bank encourages home cultivation among staff with free seed distribution