Farmer Awards 2009

The National Farmer Awards is held annually concurrent with the Ag-Biz exhibition and Trade Fair. The fourth successive event will be held from August 21-23 at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre.

The National Farmer Awards was launched in 2006 by the National Agribusiness Council to encourage and educate the Nation’s Farmers.

Valuable agricultural equipment such as two-wheel tractors, threshers sprayers, CDMA phones, trophies and certificates will be given to all national and district winners.

Application forms are available at A. Baur and Co; Hayleys Agro, Mackwoods, agrochemical outlets; Jinasena and Company branches, Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka Regional Offices in Batticaloa, Jaffna, Mannar, Trincomalee and Vavuniya and Regional Framer Council offices.

Applications are evaluated by a competent panel of agriculturalists from the Private and Public sectors. Based on the information provided by the applicant, farm visits are made to the potential winners’ fields and on the spot evaluation is done by the panel members.