Rockland infuses life back into toddy tapping industry
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Seated (L-R) Derek de Silva Wijeyeratne (Chairman, Rockland Distilleries) and Malraj Peris (Chairman, Coconut Research Institute).
Rockland Distilleries is Sri Lanka’s first commercial distillery, established in 1924, which has successfully established a programme to collaborate with the Coconut Research Institute (CRI) and NAITA (National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority) to preserve and develop the art and craft of toddy tapping in the country.
Rockland Distilleries together with the CRI and NAITA has developed a proprietary methodology that is progressive in its approach to train a new generation of tappers. With the required financial investment, the company has tailor-made a 4-month programme that can accommodate up to five batches annually, resulting in the total empowerment of over 50 new tappers a year.
The programme will consist of the tappers learning safety standards while introducing modern technology and methods into the trade via theoretical and practical training modules at the Coconut Research Institute in Lunuwila.
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