BASIC AGRICULTURE AWARENESS PROGRAMME WAS CONDUCTED BY 6 SLACAL IN SECURITY FORCE HEADQUARTERS (MULLAITIVU)

As a supportive mechanism to the government’s cultivation drive is spearheaded by Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage, Commander of the Army has appointed Green Agriculture Steering Committee of the Army (GASC) on Thursday (16) June 2022 in order to supplement and promote the island’s food security programme by cultivating more than 1500 acres of barren or abandoned state lands across the country. With that as per the guidance of Director General Financial Management(DGFM) of the Army and Colonel Commandant of Sri Lanka Army Corps of Agriculture and Livestock and under the supervision of Directorate of Agriculture & Livestock first Basic Agriculture Awareness programme was conducted in Security Force Headquarters Mullaittivu with the participation of 350 troops (Officers and ORs) under Security Force HQ, 57 Div and 66 Div. Lectures were conducted by Maj WTU Perera 2IC - 6 SLACAL and PO KGMIK Ariyarathne, PO MPSH Dias. This was the first phase of an ongoing nation building task in the field of Green Agriculture in Sri Lanka and this awareness programme was organized on the directions of Major General W A S S Wanasinghe RSP USP ndu Commander - Security Forces (Mullaittivu).