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A workshop titled “Redesigning Curriculum of BSc.(Hons) in Agriculture” was organized on January 17th 2021 (Sunday) from 8.20 am to 04.40 pm in the computer unit of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochchi in relation with the Activity one of the ELTA-ELSE faculty level project. The aim of this workshop includes identify strength and weakness of the existing curriculum of the faculty, provide an overall view about the development of better Graduate Attributes and Graduate Profiles for the new curriculum, create an understanding about the effective writing of short and precise programme learning outcome (PLOs) representing entire course ILOs and mapping the courses to align with SLQF guidelines. Two eminent curriculum experts Senior Professor. Udith K. Jayasinghe-Mudalige, Vice-chancellor, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka and Emeritus Professor. E.R. Kalyani Perera, Actg. Director of the QAC of..

The Sixth international Conference on Dry Zone Agriculture was held on 3rd and 4th December 2020 at Auditorium of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, Ariviyal nagar Kilinochchi. For more details please visit our conference website..

Three undergraduates from Department of Agricultural Chemistry received certificate of merit in the International Poster Presentation Competition (IPPC) 2020 jointly organized by National Youth Academy of Bangladesh (NYAB), Indian National Youth Academy of Sciences (INYAS), Sri Lankan Academy of Young Scientists (SLAYS) and Thai Young Scientists Academy(TYSA)  held in September-October 2020. The names of the students and their title of the poster as follows Names of the studentsTitle of the posterMiss.Kasthuri Jeyakumar  Potential to Grow Organic Nitrogen Sources Spirulina and Azolla in Different WastewaterMiss.Nivetheni Balakrishnan  Effect of plantain peel extract on oxidative stability of coconut oil and sesame oil blends under accelerated oven storageMiss.Sharanke Kanagalingam  Comparative Study on Stability of Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil and Palm Oil During Deep..

AHEAD progress Monitoring meeting was held on 11th of March 2020 at 2.00pm in the BoardRoom of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, Ariviyal nagar Kilinochchi. The meeting was headed by Dr.K.Sooriyakumar, Dean, FOA. Project coordinator Dr.K.Pakeerathan presented the progress in front of the Monitoring team Dr.Charles Director/OTS, Prof.Kumudika Boyagoda, Senior Academic Expert, AHEAD/ELTA-ELSE/OMST, and Ms Randima Rasanjali (OMST/ELTA-ELSE project Assistant).  All the activity coordinators, HODs, Academic and administrative staff members of FOA were participated at the..

Agros' Night 2019 was held on 03.01.2020 at Faculty Auditorium, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, Ariviyal Nagar,..

The 5th International Conference on Dry Zone Agriculture (ICDA 2019) was held on 19th and 20th, December 2019 at Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, Ariviyal Nagar,..

The Journal on Dry Zone Agriculture Volume 5 issue 1 and 2 released on..

A workshop titled “Agritech 101” was held on December 12th 2019 from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm in the auditorium of Faculty of Agriculture, University ofJaffna,  Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochchi. This workshop was jointly organized by UBL cell, Faculty of Agriculture, AHEAD operation and group of alumni members of the Faculty (Agro Task Force). The aim of this workshop have an interaction between the farming society and public and private stakeholders related to agriculture sector with staffs and students of the Faculty of Agriculture. About 150 participants were participated in this workshop which includes around 60 participants from various farming society and public and private stakeholders related to agriculture sector and around 70 students and 20 staff members from the Faculty of Agriculture. Three international participants from International Water Management Institute (IWMI)were also participated in this workshop and..