Promote Public and Private partnership for agro enterprises development for agricultural prosperity in Sri Lanka.

Our services & functions
 

i.	Collaborate actively with Individuals, Provincial Councils, NGOO, Business Community and other relevant organizations in Agro Enterprise Development.
ii.	Assist in establishing linkages among Producers, Processors, Dealers, Exporters and Government Officials.
iii.	Collect and information on Production, Processing, Marketing and Disseminating such information to clients rapidly.
iv.	Keep clients informed regularly on the service provided by the Department of Agriculture.
v.	Establish an up-to-date data base on commodity price in Sri Lanka and in other relevant countries.
vi.	Conducting training programmes on selected fields to promote agri business.

Major trust areas
Following areas have been identified as priority areas to be given technical as well as other assistance to establish enterprises.
i.  Agro processing & value addition.
ii.  Pre & Post harvest losses prevention.
iii. Protected agriculture and production systems.
iv. Flowers and ornamental plants production promotion.
v. Seed and planting materials production promotion.

Our target group
Existing and potential agro based entrepreneurs or organizations who are seeking technical assistance and related information to improve their productivity and quality.

How can we help you

Course No.	Course Description	Duration	Medium of Instruction
01	Budding and grafting of fruit plants and advanced nursery management technologies.	One day	Sinhala/ Tamil
02	Production of organic manure as a profitable venture	One day	Sinhala/ Tamil
03	Mushroom production	One day	Sinhala
04	Production fruits & vegetables with desired marketing quality by adopting post harvest preservation techniques.	One day	Sinhala
05	Preservation methods of fruits & vegetables (R. T. S, Cordial, Pulp, Dehydration of vegetable & Fresh cut)	Two days	Sinhala/ Tamil
06	Development of middle & large scale lands as commercial farms	Two days	Sinhala
07	Bee keeping	Two days	Sinhala
08	Designing, establishment & maintenance of micro - irrigation systems (sprinkler & drip) for commercial crop production.	Three days	Sinhala
09	Cultivation of high value crops in protected houses (hydroponics)	Three days	Sinhala

All courses except course no. 08 will be conducted at the In-Service Training Institute (ISTI), Food Research Institute, Gannoruwa, Peradeniya. Course no. 08 will be conducted at Farm Machinery Training Center (FMTC) Puliyankulama, Anuradapura. The course content will include theory and practical sessions. Trainees would be able to gain practical skills to initiate agri-businesses.

The registration fee for one, two, and three day courses will be Rs. 500/- 1000/- and 1500/- respectively payable by Money order in favour of Director General of Agriculture (paying office as Peradeniya).

Meals and accommodation facilities for the trainees can be arranged at the In - service Training Institute at Gannoruwa and FMTC at Pulliyankulama, Anuradapura at following rates.
Accommodation fee per day - Rs. 150/-
All meals per day - Rs. 218/-

These payments are not included in the registration fee. It can be paid on the training day, separately.

Specimen Application Form

Enclosed herewith a Money Order No: .................. to a value of Rs. .........................
for the above course/ s.
Name of Participant ...................................................... Sex: Male/ Female ..............
Address: .........................................................................................................
Telephone/ Fax/ E-mail ..............................................

Date: ............................    Signature: ..................................

Our team
AgEDIS consists two set of officials.

Permanent staff:

Deputy Director	-01
Assistant Director of Agriculture	-01
Agricultural Instructor	-02
Agriculture Research & Development Officer	-05

K.E. Karunatilake Deputy Director (Agro Enterprise & Information) Head AgEDIS BSc (Agri.), Sri Lanka M.Phil (Agri. Extension), Sri Lanka/ USA

Dayananda Abeysuriya Assistant Director of Agriculture BSc (Agri.), Sri Lanka MSc, Sri Lanka/ USA

A. S. M. Roshan Program Assistant, BSc (Agri.), Sri Lanka

A. F. M. M. Rizwan, Program Assistant, BSc (Agri.), Sri Lanka

Kingsly Ratnayake Agriculture Instructor Diploma in Agriculture

Ruvini Priyankari Gunasiri Agriculture Research & Development Officer Diploma in Agriculture

Shyamali Malkanthi Herath Agriculture Research & Development Officer Diploma in Agriculture

Shirani Gunasekara Agriculture Research & Development Officer Diploma in Agriculture

Core group