FAO, China fund $ 1.5 m to strengthen fruit value chains in Sri Lanka

Published 2023년 5월 15일

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The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a $ 1.5 million project in Sri Lanka, funded by China, to enhance the quality and global competitiveness of the country's fruits, particularly bananas, mangoes, and pineapples. The project, funded under the South-South Cooperation program, will be executed in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and will focus on improving production, post-harvest management, and commercialisation. The project will also establish model farms and involve technical expertise from China. The initiative aims to mitigate challenges such as high post-harvest losses and low adherence to international quality standards, thereby boosting the domestic and international competitiveness of Sri Lanka's fruit sector.

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From left: Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Sri Lanka Political Counsellor Chen Xiang Yuan, Agriculture Director-General Political Counsellor P. Malathi, Ministry of Agriculture Additional Secretary (Agri-technology) Dr. Shiromani Edirimanne, FAO Representative for Sri Lanka and the Maldives Vimlendra Sharan, Team Leader Dr. Dequan Sun and South-South Cooperation experts at the inception of the project to strengthen fruit value chains in Sri Lanka The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) initiated a $ 1.5 million project via funding from China as part of the South-South Cooperation (SSC) program, to improve the quality and value of Sri Lankan fruits in the global market by improving the production and commercialisation of fruit value-chains in Sri Lanka. The project initiation was marked with a workshop held in Colombo. The interventions, implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, will focus on practical field-based training ...

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