Kurunegala Plantations Limited wins Gold
Fulfilling a much needed requirement to recognize institutions in the
Agricultural Business area the annual Agribusiness Awards was organized
by the National Agribusiness Council (NAC).
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National award winners with the Minister of Agriculture,
Organizers and Special invitees |
It was held for the seventh consecutive year concurrently with the
Ag-Biz Trade fair recently at BMICH.
The National Gold Award was won by Kurunegala Plantations Limited for
their outstanding performance during last year as a state owned
organization. The Silver award went to HJS Condiments (Pvt) Ltd for
their remarkable growth along with earning foreign exchange to the
country. CIC feeds (Pvt) Ltd won the National bronze award for serving
the Animal Husbandry sector with quality feeds. Special merit award was
won by Jinasena (Pvt) Ltd for their outstanding innovation of “Processed
Tea Cutter”.
The National Agribusiness Awards are in recognition of performance
and contribution by the formal business sector towards the development
of agribusiness in Sri Lanka. The awards were sector based, grouped in
to Small Medium and Large Categories while segmented in to the sectors
of Input suppliers, Services, Producers, Processors, and Marketeers.
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S. K. Nillegoda,CEO of Kurunegala PlantationsLtd receiving the
National Gold Award from Minister of Agriculture, Mahinda Yapa
Abeywardane. Chairman NAC, Aruna Weerakoon andSecretary,
NAC,Rohitha Nanayakkara looks on |
The selections were made by the competent panel of judges based on
Business overview, Financial Management, Human Resource Management,
Social impact and Sector Specific performance.
Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana was the Chief Guest. |
