AGRICULTURE
Department
of Agriculture – Western
Province Provincial
Council
The
Western Povince Provincial
Council, Sri Lanka
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3.
Officer Training at the
In - Service Training
Institute - Bombuwala
·
Providing technical know
how and the relevant
knowledge to the field
officers on crop
production programs
carrying out by the
Department of
Agriculture, Western
Province
·
providing the technical
know how and the
essential knowledge
needed to initiate and
develop commercial
agricultural activities
to attract the urban and
semi urban entrepreneurs
·
Improving the districts
training center programs
and vocational training
programs by introducing
the entrepreneur
development and career
guidance programs
· Providing
the facilities to the
seminar and training
conducted by the out
side institutes
IV
) Service Delivery
1. Conducting
persuasion work on
agricultural
entrepreneurship with
youth, women, adult and
schooling target groups.
2. Developing vocational
skills through training
of
vegetable/fruit/flower
producers on
post-harvest management.
3. Presenting
appropriate and simple
implements
(mechanization) in
addressing the problem
of labour shortage.
4. Practicing
productivity improvement
integrated activities in
low productivity lands.
5. Implementing
agricultural practices
within the context of
unified approach to
raise nutrition, social
and economic status of
low-income earners.
6. Raising farm
economy through
training/extension
programs and planning of
appropriate cropping
patterns.
7. Effectuating
agricultural laws and
norms that help to
reduce environmental
damages along with the
adoption of sustainable
farming systems.
8. Managing
coordinated–programs
develop in association
with private
entrepreneurs on seed
and planting material
production and
distribution.
9. Employing
organization's revenue
improvement mechanisms
and market coordination
activities along with
the introduction of
technical methods to
upgrade the production
quality in the sphere of
commercial agriculture.
10. Working with
urban and sub-urban
target groups on
effective resource
management so as to
attain better family
nutrition and economic
status.
11. Communicating
agricultural information
and technological
interventions through
mass media.
12. Building
effective linkage
between target groups
and extension agents by
the utilization of
indigenous technical
know-how through
adaptability testing
programs.
