Posted on March 8th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
One of Philip’s great success stories was potato farming in Nuwara Eliya.
This had been tried before and failed.
The MEP government wrote off the debt on this failed attempt and tried
again with better seed potatoes. The trial was a complete success, and a potato
research station was established in Rahangala.
In
1957 Philip reported that sugar cane production was begun on a large scale in
Kantalai. This was the first time that lift irrigation on a large scale was
being used in Sri Lanka.
In 1958 Philip reported that the sugar factory was also coming up.