All posts by: Kanesh Venugoban

The Outreach Committee of the Faculty of Agriculture organized a Workshop on “New Trends of Agriculture Industry in Northern Province of Sri Lanka” in collaboration with the Agriculture sector skills council (ASSC) (Ministry of Education) and its implementing partner DevoPro Guarantee Limited on 26th of June 2023 at the main auditorium of the Faculty of Agriculture, Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochchi from 8.00 am-5.30 pm. The prime aim of the workshop was to train the undergraduate students of the faculty of agriculture to work closely with the 10,000 Northern farmers to facilitate them to get the free GAP certificates through a project titled GREEN SEAL, therefore, GAP certificate holding farmers can export their products to foreign countries without any issues. The experts on good agricultural practices, value chain and food security were served as the resource persons. Around 120 third and final year students and staff of faculty of..

JICA PRECIDA – UOJ has conducted 5S training for the academic and non-academic staff of the Faculty of Agriculture on 8th & 9th of June 2023 at the Research and Training Building of the Faculty of Agriculture in Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochchi. The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the Faculty of Agriculture acted as the counterpart in planning and organizing this training program, following a need assessment with the help of Project Experts. Resource Persons from TOYOTA Lanka namely, Mr. Nihal Palliyaguruge, Mr. Gayan Perera, Mr. Malinka Gunasekara and Mr. Ruchaka Gun Hewage conducted the training. The objectives of training were 1) To maintain clean laboratory/office spaces and encourage effective laboratory/office management to achieve Education and Research goals set by the faculty; 2) To meet equipment and workspace management level to the standard (e.g., cleaning after use, record keeping etc.) and 3) To build and..