Farmers in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province were recently exposed to the functionalities of drones in the modernisation of agricultural practices, at an awareness programme organised by the Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC in collaboration with Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka. More than 100 farmers in the Thambuttegama area in the Anuradhapura District as well.
About 100 tea smallholders in the Matugama area came together recently at a multi-dimensional seminar conducted under a series of knowledge sharing events taking place around the country.
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has extended financial and technical support to 532 tea growers attached to four tea societies in Bandarawela and Deniyaya under the latest Dirishakthi Value Chain Development Programme. Designed to improve the efficiency and sustainability of rural value chains, this recent initiative was focused on introducing novel technological developments that are.