Agriculture and food marketing for North-East

L.S. Ananda WEDAARACHCHI

An agriculture and food marketing extension program will be implemented in the North and Eastern provinces shortly.

The Hector Kobbekaduwa Agriculture Research and Training Institute, the main arm of agriculture marketing and research in the country has accordingly decided to appoint agriculture and food market situations monitoring officers for the North and Eastern Provinces. They will develop efficient agricultural methods and a food marketing system in those areas. This will come into operation after three decades, said Deputy Director HARTI Dr. L.P. Rupasena.

HARTI publishes monthly and weekly food information bulletins giving the latest market trends and the food prices in the country. For nearly ten years HARTI could not obtain information from official sources from North and East due to the armed conflict in those areas.