Press Release

National Chamber Mini Workshop on “ Commercialization of Innovations in Agriculture” 

The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka in association with The Agribusiness Centre of the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Peradeniya is conducting a Mini Workshop on “Commercialization of Innovations in Agriculture” on Tuesday 23 June 2015 from 1.30 to 4.30 p.m at the Chamber Auditorium.The objective of this workshop is to commercialize and highlight the innovations and new concepts introduced to agriculture .To create awareness of the innovations and advanced technology made to agriculture and commercialise this sector.

3 highly qualified professors from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya will make presentations – Dr L H P Gunaratne, (Ph.D (Hawaii,U.S.A) Director/ /Professor, Agribusiness, Centre, Dr. D.A.N. Dharmasena (Ph.D(Cranfield,U.K) Head/Professor, Dept of Agricultural Engineering and Dr W A P Weerakkody, (Ph.D.(Sri Lanka) Professor, Dept of Crop Science.

The subjects discussed will be :

• · Quality improvement of made tea.,
• · Low cost new fertilizer mixture for protected agriculture which minimizes the potential crop damages due to natural environmental conditions
• · Eco-friendly bio fertilizer which cuts down the cost of chemical fertilizers.

and capable of reducing the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides

• · Constructed wetland to treat waste water for the industries.
• · Low cost semen extender used in artificial insemination of swine. 

The workshop will be beneficial for the Agriculture/ Food & Beverage , Plantation sector, Industries, Agri exporters , livestock sector etc .For reservation kindly contact Chamber TP 4741788 Thushari or email sg@nationalchamber.lk

National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka.