Horizon Lanka E-farmers web site

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Pilot Project

1. Community project to enhance the living standard of farmer families in Mahavilachchiya, Providing the basic requirements to irrigate the farming lands.
With the support of a funding organization, the intended project wishes to provide some selected hard working farmer families of the area with one of the following basic agricultural needs of their choice.
• An [...]

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Long Term Goals

Some of the long-term goals of e-Farmers are:
1. Importing hybrid/high quality seeds
2. Producing own seeds
3. Owning a pilot farm for produce seeds and conduct research on seeds (with the help of universities in Sri Lanka and institutions abroad)
4. introducing low cost drip irrigation systems
5. Introducing alternative energy sources (solar water heater, solar dryer, bio-gas, wind [...]

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Application of ICT

Opportunities and facilities provided by modern electronic devices and other such technology such as the computer will be used to their full potential. They will be used in the following areas:
1. Updates to the web of Day to day Dambulla/Anuradhapura/Manning Market prices
2. Database for the farmers
3. Database for the suppliers
4. Useful web links
5. Garden/Farm design [...]

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Infrastructure and Facilities

Following the exposure to the opportunities and facilities provided by modern technology and on reaching the basic level of competence expected, the farmers will engage in farming activities of their choice. ICT training will be supplemented with relevant education in agriculture. It is worth emphasizing that the individual farmers will have the option to select [...]

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Benefits to Farmer

In the short-term, the farmers participating in the scheme will receive funds to start on small scale agricultural projects of their choice. In addition, they will receive assistance in the field of animal husbandry to raise livestock (poultry, fish and dairy farming etc.) To educate them in relevant areas we hope to hire a resource [...]

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Aims and Objectives

e-Farmers Project involves assisting selected farmers to use appropriate technology, esp. in the area of ICT to develop methods of farming and marketing their produce. In the initial phase of implementation, access to basic farming requirements such as seeds, fertilizer, pesticides etc. will be made affordable. The farmers will be educated on the controlled use [...]

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