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CIC introduces seed coating technology

CIC Agri Businesses has introduced seed coating technology to the local Agriculture with an ambition to improve productivity. Use of high quality seed is the fastest way to improve the productivity and CIC seed is committed to accomplish this task.

CIC Agri Business (Pvt) Limited Director Waruna Madawanarachchi told Daily News that this new technology offer several advantages including produce healthy seeds, control seed born diseases, and provide protection to tiny seedling from pest and diseases in the fist two-three weeks, improve plantability and others.

Types of seed treatments are seed coating, seed encrusting and seed palleting. Seed coating technology is not new thing for world as well as Sri Lanka. "Many Sri Lankan farmers have used this technology for many years to obtained healthy crops. They used many treatments such as soaking paddy in salt water, breaking hard seed coat, mixing with ash to produce healthy and vigorous seedling," he said.

CIC Agri Business manages over 10,000 Acres of its own Farm land and livestock farms throughout the country including North and East. There are over 20,000 farmers have already engaged in the manufacturing of agriculture and livestock products such as seed paddy, rice, fruits, vegetables, eggs, yoghurt, curd.

CIC Agri Businesses works with a strong commitment of enhancing farmer incomes, improving the Rural Economy and contributing towards the Development of Agriculture in Sri Lanka.

CIC Agri Businesses (Pvt) Limited is a subsidiary of CIC, which encompasses all the agriculture related business that are carried out within the CIC group.

 

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