Compost fertilizer to be manufactured

M.I.M. Azhar Maligaikadu group corre.

The Sainthamaruthu agriculture extension office has implemented a project to manufacture compost fertiliser.

According to Ampara district Deputy Director of Agriculture A.R.A. Latheef, the proposed compost manufacturing project has currently been started at Sainthamaruthu.

Garbage, waste and hard waste matter collected from Sainthamaruthu and Maligaikadu areas are to be recycled and converted to compost in an Agriculture Extension centre.

Sainthamaruthu Divisional Secretariat area is predominantly an agricultural region and there is a high demand for carbonic manure among the paddy farmers and home gardening farmers in locality.