Special training for cinnamon cultivators

Ridma Dissanayake

The training programme for cinnamon cultivators will be held free of charge

The Export Agriculture Department has commenced a special training programme for cinnamon cultivators on cinnamon plantation management and harvest preparation under the species and related crops promotion programme launched by its Estate Plantation Division.

The inauguration ceremony of the three day training programme will be held at the Cinnamon Research Institute in Palolpitiya, Matara on December 18.

Export Agriculture Department Director General W D L Gunaratne said the programme's main objective is to make cinnamon farming more efficient, introduce an environmental friendly farming procedure and grant a healthy cinnamon product to the market.

The training programmes will be held free of charge. Participants are to be trained to cultivate cinnamon plants, maintain plants in the field, cinnamon plantations management, harvesting, preparing harvesting, storing and presenting to the market, he said. The programme is to be launched islandwide.