June 22 to 28: National Food Week

Ishara MUDUGAMUWA

The Government has declared June 22 to 28, 2009 as the National Food Week to encourage people to cultivate and face the world's food crisis. The National Food Week opening ceremony will be held on June 22 at Mahamaya Girls' College, Kandy under the patronage of Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services Minister Maithripala Sirisena.

The aim of the National Food Week program is to strengthen the Api Vawamu- Rata Nagamu program (Let us Cultivate and Uplift the Nation). A number of programs have been organized all over the country to mark National Food Week under the theme 'Let Us Encourage Local Food Production and Food Consumer.'

Another opening ceremony will be held on June 22 at the Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services Ministry under the patronage of Agriculture Minister Hemakumara Nanayakkara. A workshop also be held on June 22 at the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute.