BASIC AGRICULTURE AWARENESS PROGRAMME WAS CONDUCTED BY 5 (V)SLACAL FOR THE TROOPS IN TAOR OF SFHQ(JAFFNA)

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 Basic Agriculture Awareness programme was conducted in SFHQ (Jaffna) Cinema Hall with the participation of 16 Officers and 200 ORs under Security Force HQ(Jaffna) on 30th June 2022. Lectures were conducted by Maj WAPD Fonseka 2IC - 5(V) SLACAL and PO MSM Azam. This awareness programme was organized on the directions of Major General WMGCSB Wijayasundara RSP USP ndu Commander - Security Forces (Jaffna).