{"id":8245,"date":"2025-07-23T08:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?p=8245"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:13:35","slug":"harvesting-day-23-07-2025-brinjal-cultivation-under-smart-irrigation-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?p=8245","title":{"rendered":"Harvesting Day 23. 07. 2025:\u00a0Brinjal Cultivation under SMART Irrigation Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8245\" class=\"elementor elementor-8245\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cc1892 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8cc1892\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faf806b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"faf806b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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\">e<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"C9DxTc \"><strong>Objective<\/strong>:<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0to encourage farmers to adopt SMART farming practices resulting in significantly improved farm income and alleviation of poverty.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \"><strong>Venue<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Selected farmer fields at Thiruvaiyaru, Killinochchi, Sri Lanka<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \"><strong>Project Cost<\/strong>:<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0USD 50,000 over the five years<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \"><strong>Financial support<\/strong>:<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0Mr.Ponnampalam sooriyakumar (USA) through Rotary Club Kilinochchi<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \"><strong>Technical guidance<\/strong> :<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0Outreach committee, Faculty of Agriculture ,UOJ<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \"><strong>Project Incharge<\/strong> :<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0Professor.K.Pakeerathan, Dr.S.J.Arasaksary, and Prof.N.Kannan<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \"><strong>Field Research assistant<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0\u00a0Mr.P.Rath<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">e<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">epan ,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Graduate<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">, FOA,UOJ.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \"><strong>Research Intern<\/strong>:<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0Mr.Nirojan, Final year student, FOA,UOJ.<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Project Period:<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0Project duration would be five years from May 2025 to May 2030<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0f7f38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0f7f38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9a119f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9a119f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span class=\"C9DxTc \">PROGRESS<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Harvesting Ceremony on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">23.07.2025<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">First harvest ceremony was held on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">23.07.2025<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">beneficiary farmer Mr.M.Manoharan&#8217;s field<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0at thiruvaiyaru, Kilinochchi at 9.00 am. Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Outreach committee members, JICA_PRECIDA experts,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Assistant<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0director research, Department of Agriculture , beneficiary farmers, farming community members, students of faculty of Agriculture, community members participated and celebrated the event very successfully. 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