20 May 2016 12:00 am
Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka Kenichi Suganuma and Treasury Secretary Dr. R.H.S. Samaratunga exchanging the signed notes in the presence of Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs Minister D.M. Swaminathan and Special Advisor to Prime Minister of Japan Hiroto Izumi
The Japanese government has granted 1,667 million Japanese yen (approximately Rs.2.2 billion) to the Sri Lankan government for the establishment of a research and training complex at the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Jaffna.
The objective of this project is to provide effective and efficient research and education activities on dry zone agriculture in the northern region at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna. This project will comprise of the establishment of a research and training complex, a processing training building and a research and training farm with provision of essential equipment.
Japan hopes that this project will enhance research and human resources development in the area of agriculture suited for northern area, thereby, contributing to improve agriculture productivity in the region. The signing and the exchange of notes took place between Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka Kenichi Suganuma and Treasury Secretary Dr. R.H.S. Samaratunga.
Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs Minister D.M. Swaminathan and Special Advisor to Prime Minister of Japan Hiroto Izumi, who is currently in Sri Lanka, testified
the signing.