World Vision Lanka holds farmer appreciation ceremony

Rafik JALALDEEN

Recently World Vision Lanka held a Farmer Appreciation Ceremony to mark the completion of its integrated farming and sustainable agriculture project which has brought new hope and purpose to farmers. The project helped dry zone farmers establish sustainable farming systems on their land which they had previously thought was unusable and which now enabled them to earn regular incomes, a WVL spokesman said.

According to the spokesman, under the project, the Government, Private Sector, INGO and the community work together to improve the living standard of rural communities in the country, the program has proved to be a outstanding success and worthy of emulation in other localities and by other institutions.

Components of the model include rain water harvesting, live fencing, integrated pest management, low-chemical fertilizer, soil and moisture conservation methods and animal husbandry.