Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2022-02-07

Construction of an Organic Fertilizer Manufacturing Yard for the Mahaweli Knuckles Organic Agriculture Zone

- Moragahakanda, Kalu Gaga Mahaweli “F” Zone has been declared as a sustainable development zone where the organic agricultural products are produced, through a Gazette Extraordinary Notification as per the provisions of the Mahaweli Authority Act. It is expected to increase the income of farmer community through the production of agricultural crops using non-toxic organic inputs and to achieve the targets of national organic agricultural crops products with the contribution of the farmers with the high knowledge on organic farming. It has been planned to construct 02 Organic Fertilizer Manufacturing Yards equipped with the necessary laboratory facilities in Wallawaya and Guruwela Mahweli Zones with a view to manufacturing organic fertilizer required for long term crop cultivation within the same zones. As the first phase of the same, the Wallawaya Organic Fertilizer Manufacturing Yard has been planed to be established and it has been predicted that 2000 MT of fertilizer could be produced from the said yard annually. Accordingly, the proposal made by the Minister of Irrigation to award the contract for the construction of the said Organic Fertilizer Yard to the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau as a direct contract, was approved by the Cabinet.