NAC Farmer Awards 2010
The annual Farmer Awards was organised by the National Agribusiness
Council and launched in 2006 to encourage and educate farmers, The fifth
award ceremony was held on August 22, at the BMICH concurrently with the
Ag-Biz Trade fair.
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Best Farmer D.A.S. Kumara Dandeniya
from Dambulla receiving his gift voucher |
It was a very successful event with a large number of applications
from the North and the East.
This really encourages us to continue the event in future, said the
Secretary of the National Agribusiness Council Rohitha Nanayakkara.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jagath Pushpakumara was the chief
guest at the Farmer Awards ceremony. The Additional Secretary to the
Ministry, the Chairman of Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Dr. Anura Ekanayake
and Chairman SLFPA Rohantha De Fonseka, were also among the invitees. A.
Baur & Co. were the sponsors of Farmer Awards 2010 and the Best Farmer
D.A.S. Kumara Dandeniya from Dambulla received a gift voucher from A.
Baur & Co. to the value of Rs.100,000/=. The first runner-up A.P. Roja
Sritharan from Mannar received a Centric Type Pumping Unit and the
second runner-up P.H. Ranjan from a Hambantota received a TH 2T Thresher
which was donated by Jinasena Pvt Ltd.
District winners received a plaque and certificate. In addition each
winner received a CDMA phone donated by Sri Lanka Telecom and a gift
voucher to purchase vegetable seeds from Best Seeds Co. Ltd.
The Farmer applications were evaluated by a competent panel of
agriculturalists from the private and public sectors. Based on the
information provided by the applicant, farm visits were made to the
potential winners' fields and on the spot evaluations were done by the
panel members.
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