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Vacancies » Ministry of Minor Export Crop PromotionSUGARCANE RESEARCH INSTITUTE VACANCIES Download Printable version of these vacancies:Sinhala [Download (docs/2012-sin.pdf)]English [Download (docs/2012-eng.pdf)] Applications are invited from the citizens of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka who possess the requisite qualifications to fill the following vacancies of the Sugarcane Research Institute at Udawalawe. Friday, 20 April 2012 02:55

Special Announcement to Sugarcane Growers »උක් වගාකරුවන් සහ සීනි කර්මාන්තායතන වෙත කෙරෙන විශේෂ නිවේදනයයි උක් වගාවේ සුදු පත්‍ර රෝගය (White Leaf Disease-WLD)/ තෘණකාර ප්‍රරෝහ රෝගය (Grassy Shoot Disease-GSD) ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උක් වගාවන්හිනැවත වරක් ව්‍යාප්ත වෙමින් පවති. එමඟින් උක් අස්වැන්න ඉතා තදබල ලෙස අඩුවන අතර උක් යුෂවල ගුණාත්මය මහත්සේ බාලවේ. මෙය උක්වගා කරුවන්ගේ මෙන්ම සීනි කර්මාන්තායතනවල ආදායම අඩුවීම කෙරෙහි මහත් බලපෑමක් ඇති කරයි. එබැවින් මෙම රෝගි තත්වයන් අප සීනි කර්මාන්තය කෙරෙහි තර්ජනයක් වි තිබේ. Friday, 20 April 2012 13:26

Sugarcane Industry Development Program in Kilinochchi » The Sugarcane Research Institute to Expedite the Sugarcane Industry Development Program in Kilinochchi The Sugarcane Research Institute (SRI) started a pilot project in the year 2010 to resuscitate cultivation of sugarcane and processing into jaggery/syrup in Kilinochchi area in collaboration with the District Secretariat in Kilinochchi with the aim of improving the livelihood of the war-affected people in the district. Before the eruption of the civil war, there had been nearly 120 ha of land under sugarcane cultivation in Skandapuram in Akkaraikulam in Kilinochchi district, and the cane had been used for jaggery production. Friday, 20 April 2012 04:18

2012 Research and Development Program Review »The Sugarcane Research Institute Holds Its 2012 Research and Development Program Review The 2012 research and development program review of the Sugarcane Research Institute (SRI) was held on 15th and 16th March 2012 with the participation of the representatives of the Sevanagala, Pelwatte and Hingurana sugar industries, former Chairmen, Directors, Deputy Directors and other scientific staff and the consultant to Crop Nutrition Division as resource persons, the Director of the Shakarganj Sugar Research Institute in Pakistan, the Principal Scientist of the Foundation for Environment, Climate and Technology, the Chairman and some members of the Board of Governors and all research, administrative, development and technical officers of the institute. The Hon. Minister of Minor Export Crop Promotion was not in a position to attend the inaugural session due to pre-scheduled programmes. Friday, 20 April 2012 04:14

Three New High-Yielding Sugarcane Varieties » SRI Releases Three New High-Yielding Sugarcane Varieties Three new sugarcane varieties, namely, SL 95 4033, SL 95 4430 and SL 96 328, suitable for both irrigated and rain-fed cultivation were officially released by the varietal release committee of the Sugarcane Research Institute. Sugarcane farmers have an opportunity to diversify their sugarcane crops with the release of these high-yielding sugarcane varieties which can give about 15 % more cane and sugar yield than the existing commercial varieties. Friday, 20 April 2012 03:01

Sugarcane Industry in Kilinochchi District » SRI Initiates Revival of the Sugarcane Industry in Kilinochchi District The Sugarcane Research Institute, in collaboration with the District Secretariat of Kilinochchi, has initiated a project on pilot scale, to resuscitate cultivation of sugarcane and processing it into jaggery/syrup in Kilinochchi District with the aim of improving the livelihood of the war-affected people in the district. Before the eruption of the civil war, there had been Friday, 20 April 2012 03:00

Hon. Minister Reginald Cooray Inaugurates Seedcane Nursery at Uda Walawe. »Hon. Minister Reginald Cooray Inaugurates Seedcane Nursery at Uda Walawe. The Sugarcane Research Institute is currently in the process of establishing foundation seedcane nurseries to provide healthy seed materials of the SRI-bred high-yielding genetically pure varieties to sugarcane farmers and sugar companies for either further multiplication or commercial cultivation. Under this programme, it is expected to establish a 20-ha nursery consisting of a 5-ha primary nursery and a 15-ha secondary nursery at Uda Walawe. Friday, 20 April 2012 03:00

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