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Schools without walls, improving livelihoods of smallholder farmers Source:Dailynews Each morning Sujeeka Chandani heads out to her garden where she tends to the vegetables, herbs and fruits that she grows. Sujeeka takes a picture on her phone of a tomato cropin her home garden and shares it on the WhatsApp group of the Sithamu Ranliya Female Farmer Organization. Sujeeka Chandani from Pambadeniyain Doluwa in the Kandy district is an active member of the Sithamu Ranliya Female Farmer Organization which was established in 2017 and registered with the Department of Agrarian Development. The journey of this female farmer organization has not been an easy one. Its members, like the majority of smallholder farmers in the Central Province, are affected by land degradation resulting in low productivity and low incomes. ...

FAO supports the Ministry of Environment on a National Roadmap to tackle the Urban Food Waste challenge in Sri Lanka Source:Bizenglish.adaderana In a bid to address the urban food waste challenge in Sri Lanka, a National Roadmap on Urban Food Waste Prevention and Reduction for Households, Food services, Retailers, and Wholesalers was prepared by FAO for the Ministry of Environment. The roadmap maps out an evidence-based strategy and vision to effectively tackle the country’s urban food waste. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provided funding and technical assistance to formulate the National Roadmap through an FAO Technical Cooperation Project that was launched in June 2019 and implemented in partnership with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). The Roadmap to Urban Food Waste Prevention and Reduction in Households, Food Services, Retailers and Wholesalers was launched in Colombo under the patronage of the Secretary to the Ministry of Environment Dr Anil Jasinghe ...