Category: Workshop

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A workshop was conducted on operation and maintenance of agricultural machinery by the Department of Agricultural Engineering according to the request made by Mrs. Senthilkumaran, ADA/Principal, Sri Lanka School of Agriculture, Paranthan to meet the practical requirements of the course module, Operation and Maintenance of Agricultural Machinery’- I (A01T003M06), which comes under NVQ level 5 National Diploma in Agricultural Production Technology Program. The workshop was conducted for two days on the 29th and 30th of June 2022 with the participation of 26 students at the School of Agriculture, Paranthan. The event was graced by the presence of the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Dr.S. Vasantharuba, Dr. N. Kannan, the Head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Dr. P. Alvappillai, retired Senior Lecturer, Mr. M. Prabhaharan, Senior Lecturer and Nilupul Jayasuriya, Demonstrator. The resource persons, Dr. P. Alvappillai,..

Department of Agronomy conducted a one-day workshop under the title of “Off-season crop production under protected structures” on 28.03.2022, Monday from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm. Farmers, agriculture instructors and students from university college, and school of agriculture participated in this workshop. Limitations of agricultural land, decreasing crop production, climate change and declining biodiversity, and ever-increasing population which has led to quadrupling demand for food, protected agriculture has offered a new dimension to produce more in a limited area. Protected agriculture has a potential for expansion as is associated with large profits, quality products and produce availability at all times of the year. Therefore, the workshop was organized with the objectives of motivating the farmers to involve in off-season crop cultivation under protected structures and to provide basic technical skills and knowledge of..

Department of Agronomy conducted a one-day workshop under the title of “Natural Flower Arrangements and dry flower production techniques” on 23.03.2022, Wednesday from 8.30 am to 4.00 pm for women headed families. Arranging flowers is an expression of creativity and a highly valued art form. It can be a part-time or full-time profession with minimum investment, depending on availability of time. Dried flowers are a form of flower preservation, meaning that a flower’s beauty and shape is preserved, so it can be used as a more permanent home decoration or a meaningful gift, or even as an alternative to fresh wedding flowers. Moreover, to these, it can be done as business.  By considering the demand and marketing opportunities for the flowers and floral based business, this workshop was planned to organize under the AHEAD project (AHEAD/RA2/ELTAELSE/JFN/FAG/OVAA/08/ WS5) to facilitate and motivate the women headed families..

A workshop on “Soil Fertility and Water Management in Organic Farming” was conducted on in the auditorium of the Faculty of Agriculture, Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochchi on the 11th of March, 2022 from 8.30 am to 4.15 pm.  The registration for participants was started at 8.30 am and fifty farmers from the northern province were confirmed their participation. Then workshop inaugural address was delivered by Project Coordinator/ AHEAD operation, Dr. K.Pakeerathan. Thereafter opening remarks about the importance of this workshop was given by Prof. (Mrs). Nalina Gnanavelrajah, Act. Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna. This workshop was organized under the AHEAD programme (AHEAD/RA2/ELTAELSE/JFN/FAG/OVAA 08/ WS4). The session one of the workshops was conducted by the resource person Prof. (Mrs). Nalina Gnanavelrajah Professor in Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna on “how to prepare..