13th July 2021 23:00:49 Hours
Troops of 1 Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps (SLAGSC) implementing the government’s policy of encouraging organic fertilizer production process in the region has started a project to that effect inside its Kantale detachment on 8 June.
This ongoing project, initiated under the guidance of Major General Kumara Handunmulla, Colonel Commandant SLAGSC, Lieutenant Colonel C.S Demuni, Commanding Officer 1 SLAGSC is now in progress. Major W.R.A.C Prasanna of 1 SLAGSC coordinated the project.
This project expects to improve community awareness on the advantages of organic fertilizer and the Army expects to provide technical support to local farmers for the production of their own organic fertilizer once their production is made a success.
