Category: Faculty News

The proposed biogas system for the University of Jaffna was commissioned on 15th March 2023 in the livestock farm unit of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kilinochchi Premises, University of Jaffna. Deans and staff of the Faculties of Agriculture, and Engineering; Works engineer/ Kilinochchi premises and his staff; UNDP officials and officials from the biogas digester construction company participated in this ceremony. The construction work of the UNDP funded biogas system commenced on 1st of December 2022 under the renewable energy project. The capacity of the biogas digester is 35 cubic meters and it can produce 14 cubic meters of biogas at its full capacity. The emitted biogas is collected in a storage tank and it can be connected to a generator to produce electricity and also can be connected to a gas cooker for heating purpose. The digested waste material collected after the biogas generation can be used as enriched organic fertilizer..

Miss.Kalaivizhi Varathanathan (2018/AG/099) a final year student of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna was selected as one of the ten members from Sri Lanka to visit Japan under Japan - SAARC Exchange program – JENESYS 2022 organized by JICE (Japan International Cooperation Center). The team comprises one working person (Principal, Visaka College, Colombo), 5 Faculty of Agriculture students from Universities (Jaffna, Peradeniya, Rajarata, Ruhuna, and Uwawellasa) and 4 high school students ( 2 from Visaka college, one each from Ananda college, and Mahinda college).  The period of the visit is  1st Feb 2023 – 7th Feb 2023. Main aim of this program is to exchange the students from South Asian countries with Japan and disseminate the culture, history, tradition, technology, and important productions with these countries and maintain a good relationship with these countries. During this period the students visited..

In 2016, Government of Sri Lanka and Government of Japan entered into Grant Agreement to implement “The Project for the Establishment of Research and Training Complex at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna”. The project included the construction of a laboratory building and a training building, the development of university farm, and the preparing experimental manuals as a soft component. The project was completed in 2021. In 2021, the Government of Sri Lanka requested to the Government of Japan for a new technical cooperation project to strengthen the university's education and research infrastructure and university management, while continuing to utilize the facilities and equipment provided in the grant project. This technical cooperation project is expected to enhance the quality of education and research at the Faculty of Agriculture and to contribute to the human resource development that will help improve..

Field day organized by Faculty of Agriculture at Integrated Farm & Training Centre, Parasankulam, Puliyankulam on 22nd of January 2023.  Around 100-120 participants including Chief guest Prof. S.Srisatkunarajah, Vice Chancellor, University of Jaffna; Dean, Faculty of Agriculture; Heads and staff from faculty of Agriculture; Deputy Registrar,  Kilinochchi Premises ; Students from Faculty of Agriculture; Prof. Ogata Kazuo, PRICIDA project JICA, University of Jaffna; Staff from Department of Agriculture & Department of Agrarian Services; and Members from farmers Organizations; local farmers and farm staff participated in this event. Objectives of this field day: Dissemination of knowledge regarding self -seed production Facilitates the interaction between Faculty of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture, Department of Agrarian Services and local farmers Agenda of this field day was: Traditional oil..

Cellulose Reinforced Bio-composite using Poly Lactic Acid (PLA), and Thermoplastic Starch (TPS)’ simply referred to as “Bioplastic” has been developed at the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture and Department of Biosystems Technology, Faculty of Technology, University of Jaffna. The invention of this pending national patent invention was led by Mrs. Subajiny Sivakanthan (Senior Lecturer / Department of Agricultural Chemistry), with three co-inventors; Ms. Podduwala Hewage Sathiska Kaumadi (Research Student and Demonstrator /Department of Biosystems Technology), Ms. K. Kemashalini (Lecturer (Probationary) / Department of Biosystems Technology), and Prof. S.Vasantharuba (Professor, Department of Agricultural Chemistry). The product has been developed using natural polymers from raw materials available in Sri Lanka and the invention was financially supported by the University Business Linkage (UBL, Jaffna)...

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Inaugural ceremony of the above course was held on 20.10.2022. This occasion was graced by Dr.S. Vasantharuba, Dean Faculty of Agriculture, Dr. S. Gowrythilakan, Deputy Director, Department of Animal Production and Health, Kilinochchi district, Dr.S. Kajaranjan, Veterinary surgeon, Karachchi, Veterinary range, Heads of Department, Professors, enrolled participants and other distinguished guests and students. Dr.S.Vasantharuba, Dean Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna and Prof (Miss) J.Sinniah, Certificate course coordinator and Head, Department of Animal Science addressed to the gathering. In their address they highlighted the importance, objectives and intended learning outcomes of the course and the date of commencement (29.10.22) and expected date of completion (five weeks from the commencement of the course). Followed by self - introduction of enrolled participants. Coordinator Prof (Miss) J. Sinniah apologized for the..

/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} Commencement of Certificate Courses "Principles of Micro-irrigation and Principles of Farm Machinery" There are two different certificate courses offered by the Department of Agricultural Engineering: principles of micro-irrigation and principles of farm machinery. Applications for above mentioned courses were..