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The Climate Smart Agriculture Project (CSIAP) built a Climate Smart Agriculture Training School for the first time in South Asia in an area of 03 acres in Thirpappane, Anuradhapura district at a cost of Rs. 117 Mn with the support of the World Bank to promote Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) in Sri Lanka. A total of 1966 farmer leaders including 788 women farmer leaders have been trained in 86 training programs to disseminate the knowledge, that they have acquired about CSA, to more than 19600 farmers in the six provinces namely Northwest, North Central, Northern, Eastern, Uva and Southern Provinces where the CSIAP is being implemented..
The
CSIAP Project, implemented under the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Livestock,
Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, aims to guide the farming
community living in the project area to use CSA technologies and train them to
cope with and adapt to the adverse effects of climate change by building this
training school. Training sessions are also conducted for technical personnel
during the project period.
The
construction of the Farmer Training School started on 22nd December 2021 and
was opened on 4th December 2022. The coordinator of this school, Mr. Sajith
Ekanayake, says that the school is used to train farmers to give hands-on
experience in CSA practices and technologies and address challenges to climate
change mitigation, adaptation, and food security.
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Posted by CSIAP Sri Lanka Read full article Published Date : 2024-10-13