Exterminators ventures into agriculture

Enviotech officials light traditional oil lamp

Exterminators PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier pest tech and environmental tech company ventured into the  agricultural sector, setting up its first flagship Agri Store in Dambulla, under the brand name Enviotech, to cater to the agricultural, plantation, livestock, landscape and hotel sectors by supplying novel energy-saving, environmentally sustainable international brands and technologies.

Enviotech will market and distribute globally recognised brands manufactured in the UK, USA, Germany, Portugal, Poland, Spain, India and China. The company will supply a wide range of agricultural equipment such as tractors, power weeders, sprayers, chainsaws, brush cutters, pruners, augers, cultivators, water pumps, trimmers, safety equipment, agricultural drones and many non-chemical crop pest management products and also a range of products and equipment for the hotel and landscape sector such as lawn movers, blowers, electric flying insect and mosquito control machines. 
Exterminators PLC Managing Director Marlon Ferreira stated, “Worldwide, it is estimated that 20 percent to 40 percent of crop yield is lost due to pests and diseases, due to new non-indigenous threats and emerging pest resistance to pesticides.”

A research done by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) revealed that the average value of total food waste generated per day in Sri Lanka is approximately 3,963 tonnes, which is almost 1.5 million tonnes per year, resulting in a significant lost. 
“We anticipate that the agricultural sector will have a significant growth, both nationally and internationally, if its agile, digitalised, professionalised and sustainable strategies are implemented and practiced; it will immensely help in reducing food wastage,” 
Ferreira added.