Short Term Training – Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy

SHORT TERM CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS

Short Term trainings under the MoU Signed between SLCARP and Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI)

As per the MoU signed between SLCARP and MARDI, Malaysia, both parties have agreed upon to train their scientists in different aspects in the means of Agriculture.

Accordingly, SLCARP has arranged with the cooperation from Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka (CRISL), a short term training on coconut breeding and tissue culture techniques for four Malaysian Scientist at CRI in September 2018. The programme will be going for five days starting from 9^th September.

Reciprocally, a team of four Sri Lankan scientists are expecting to participate a short term training at MARDI, Malaysia in October regarding Post-harvest techniques of Fruits and vegetables, Papaya breeding and Bio pesticide development. The participants were selected from the nominations sent by the Director General, Department of Agriculture and Chairman, Institute of Post-harvest Institute.

Professional Training Programme on Leadership in Agricultural Research Management

SLCARP has initiated a programme to enhance the capacity of the scientists in NARS. As one of the steps forward, SLCARP in collaboration with AIT (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand) had conducted a Professional Leadership Development programme for Agricultural Research Management at AIT. The programme was designed by SLCARP and AIT together focusing Development of Leadership skills in Agricultural Research Managers in NARS. A training group of 24 participants were selected from all Research Institutes representing NARS including Department of Agriculture, Department of Export Agriculture, Department of Forest, Department of National Botanic Garden, Tea Research Institute, Rubber Research Institute, Coconut Research Institute, Sugarcane Research Institute, Palmyrah Research Institute, Veterinary Research Institute, HARTI, NARA, Institute of Post-Harvest Technology, SLCARP and Ministry of Agriculture.

The programme was implemented from 30^th May to 10^th June 2018. Participants were exposed to well organized technical sessions on the means of Leadership Development in Agricultural Sector. Visits to agricultural machinery workshops, Agricultural laboratories and cultural and educational sites provided a vast knowledge on Agriculture trends in the world. Similarly, lectures were conducted by well-equipped academic staff and coordination was done tremendously by both SLCARP and AIT for the success of the programme.

The closing ceremony was headed by Her Excellency the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Thailand Madam K shenuka Seneviratne. Participants were awarded a certificate for successfully completion of the training programme.