Financial Times

Qatar staff to get Colombo training on biotech issues

Serendib Horticulture Technologies, a Sri Lankan company, on Friday signed an MOU with the Agricultural Biotechnology Center of the University of Peradeniya for the purpose of conducting courses in Biotechnology for research staff at a Qatar facility.

Serendib has been selected to conduct a feasibility study to set up a Regional Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Doha, Qatar. This project which was finalized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Research in Doha is awaiting final approval from the funding agency, the Islamic Development Bank, the company said in a statement.

The Agricultural Biotechnology Center of the University of Peradeniya will conduct courses in Biotechnology for the Research Personnel in Qatar at the request of the Ministry of Agriculture, in Doha, Qatar as part of the capacity Building exercise of the overall project, it said.

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