SMEs aim global markets
Small and Medium Scale Enterprises SME value
chain must be upgraded to penetrate into global and regional markets
as this sector has high potential for growth and to alleviate
negative environmental effects through public-private partnership
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Climate change
IPS stresses need for ‘National Agenda’
Climate change is a complex challenge. The study
conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) has
stressed the need for a ‘National Agenda’ to face this complex
challenge. The country is likely to face the impact in six major
areas of critical importance - agriculture and irrigation, coastal
zone, forests and natural eco-systems, human settlements and
infrastructure, human health, and energy and industry, said IPS
Executive Director Dr. Saman Kelegama.
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Marked increase in November tea production
A report from the Sri Lanka Tea Board said that
the total reported production of tea in Sri Lanka during November
2009 amounted to 28,290,976 kg as against 24,830,727 kg produced
during the corresponding month in 2008. This shows an increase of a
13 percent amounting to 3,460,249 kg.
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