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Growing onions with Korean agricultural technologies
View(s):The Korea Programme on International Agriculture (KOPIA) Sri Lanka Centre donated 25 drip irrigation system units, 40 power spreading machines, and 1,000 plastic containers to transport onion mother-bulbs for vernalization to 40 Sri Lankan farmers in Galenbindunuwewa, Hambantota and Mannar.
Since 2015, the KOPIA Centre has been assisting in onion production in Sri Lanka, in cooperation with the Field Crops Research and Development Institute (FCRDI) of the Department of Agriculture, Mahailluppallama. The project aims to improve onion productivity by using Korean agricultural technologies, and accordingly to help Sri Lankan farmers to be self-sufficient.
Under the project Three model farm villages have been set up at Mannar, Galenbindunuwewa and Hambantota.
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Growing onions with Korean agricultural technologies