Reducing the quality penalty suffered by smallholder growers of fruits and vegetables was a main theme at the dissemination seminar conducted by LIRNEasia in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Vegetable and Fruit Producers, Processors and Exporters Association. The discussion also addressed the value of smallholders organizing themselves into cooperative associations somewhat like what had been done in Ghana with Farmapine. The importance of knowledge was recognized by all. Sujata Gamage’s presentation on knowledge networks in solid-waste management pointed to the need to shift from outmoded models that placed universities as the sole sources of new knowledge, to new thinking that places suppliers, buyers and even competitors as key sources of knowledge.
The presentations by Rohan Samarajiva, Sriganesh Lokanathan, Nilusha Kapugama, Harsha de Silva and Sujata Gamage are given below, along with the policy brief on recommendations to improve the performance of the Sri Lanka pineapple value chain in Sinhala and English.
For the presentation done by Rohan Samarajiva, click here.
For the presentation done by Sriganesh Lokanthan, click here.
For the presentations done by Nilusha Kapugama, click here and here.
For the presentation done by Harsha de Silva, click here.
For the presentation done by Sujata Gamage, click here.
For the policy brief in English, click here.
For the policy brief in Sinhala, click here.
Pictures from the event available HERE.
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Rohan Samarajiva
News coverage: http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/10/16/fin04.asp