Plantation Industries Minister inspects Coconut Cultivation Board

12 January 2016 06:30 pm Views - 1368

Minister of Plantation Industries Navin Dissanayake inspected the Coconut Cultivation Board at Battaramulla, which is under his purview. 

He inspected the progress of the institute and discussed the issues of the employees.

Addressing the gathering, the Minister said the coconut sector has been transformed into a sector which could bring more foreign currency to the country. Therefore we have to improve the quality of this product.

We have a very big responsibility to uplift this sector. We intend to increase the coconut productivity from 3000 million to 3600 million during this year.

Chairman of the Coconut Cultivation Board Kapila Yakandawala, acting General Manager K. D. L. Dharmasiri and other officials participated at this occasion.