AGRICULTURE
Department
of Agriculture – Western Province
Provincial Council
The
Western Province Provincial Council,
Sri Lanka
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b)
Agricultural Productivity
Improvement Integrated Movement (APIIM)
| To
address the following
areas of interest.
1
Lowland
·
To identify marginal
lands.
· To popularize Yaya
Cultivation programs so as
to raise the unit yield.
· To expand the
cultivation of alternative
crops in low-productive
lands.
|
 |
2
Highland
· To raise the
existing productivity levels of
crops/livestock.
· To improve
production level of land
identified by Supervision Orders
of the Agrarian Development Act.
3 Targets
of APIIM.
1.
Lowland
i.
Yaya cultivation program - Targets
for 2005
|
|
Yaya
|
Hectares
|
 |
|
Gampaha
|
38
|
250
|
|
Colombo
|
57
|
176
|
|
Kalutara
|
261
|
912
|
|
Province
|
356
|
1338
|
ii
Re-cultivation of abandon paddy
lands
|
|
Yaya
|
Hectares
|
Percentage
|
 |
|
Gampaha
|
41
|
115
|
19%
|
|
Colombo
|
53
|
129
|
29%
|
|
Kalutara
|
70
|
270
|
26%
|
|
Province
|
334
|
514
|
24%
|
 |
iii.
Cultivation of alternative crops
in low productive lands (ha)
|
Crop
|
Gampaha
|
Colombo
|
Kalutara
|
Province
|
 |
|
Vegetable
|
Leafy
type
|
15.5
|
10
|
10.5
|
36
|
|
|
Pot
type
|
08.5
|
03.2
|
7.8
|
19.5
|
|
Yams
|
|
0.1
|
03.4
|
2.5
|
06
|
|
Banana
|
|
04.5
|
06.5
|
12
|
23
|
|
Kohila
|
|
-
|
-
|
01
|
01
|
|
Others
|
Nelum,,
Gallehe
|
03
|
01
|
04
|
08
|
2.
High land
|
Hectares
|
Gampaha
|
Colombo
|
Kalutara
|
Province
|
| i.
Raise the existing
production levels of crops
& identified lands. |
237 |
52 |
47 |
336 |
| ii.
Introduction of
economically viable crops. |
184 |
96 |
101 |
381 |
3.
Homesteads
i.
Convert the “Homestead’’ as
an economically productive units.
|
Units
|
Gampaha
|
Colombo
|
Kalutara
|
Province
|
|
Homesteads
|
4281
|
2268
|
8398
|
14947
|
