More Agri officers to be recruited
by Pabodha Hettige
In a bid to fast track the Divi Neguma project, the Ministry of Agrarian Service and Wildlife has taken steps to recruit agricultural officers to the Northern and Eastern Provinces, President of the All Ceylon Agricultural Research and Production Assistant Officers Union Morris Senarathne said.
"There is a shortage of agricultural officers island wide, particularly in the North and the East, where only about 300 officers are available," he said. Under the Divi Neguma programme, one officer has to undertake the cultivation of 50 home gardens in one Grama Niladari Division while a Samurdhi official will undertake the development of 50 such cultivations. However, so far no steps have been taken to address the shortages in the other areas, Senarathne said.
"For instance, Kalutara district has 64 Grama Niladari Divisions but there are only about five agricultural officers currently in service. Due to this situation the projects have slowed down and the expected results would not be obtained since technical assistance for crop growers is delayed, he said.
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