Exterminators PLC opens its first flagship ‘Agri Store’ in Dambulla

Exterminators PLC set up its first flagship ‘Agri Store’ in Dambulla, under the brand name ‘Enviotech’ to cater to the agricultural sector, plantation sector, livestock, landscape and hotel sectors by supplying novel energy saving, environmentally sustainable international brands and technologies. ENVIOTECH will market and distribute globally recognized brands manufactured in UK, USA, Germany, Portugal, Poland, Spain, India & China. The company will supply a wide range of ‘Agricultural Equipment’ such as tractors, power weeders, sprayers, chainsaws, brush cutters, pruners, augers, cultivators, water pumps, trimmers, safety equipment, agricultural drones and many non-chemical crop pest management products and also a range of products and equipment for the hotel and landscape sector such as lawn movers, blowers, electric flying insect and mosquito control machines.

Marlon Ferreira, Managing Director ‘Exterminators PLC’ said: “Worldwide, it is estimated that 20% to 40% of crop yield is lost due to pests and diseases, due to new non-indigenous threats and emerging pest resistance to pesticides.” According to a research done by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) revealed that the average value of total food waste generated per day in the Sri Lanka is approximately 3,963 tonnes which is almost 1.5 million tonnes per year, resulting in a significant lost. “We anticipate that the agricultural sector will have a significant growth both nationally and internationally if its agile, digitalized, professionalized and sustainable strategies are implemented and practiced, it will immensely help in reducing food wastage”. Exterminators PLC believes that this is the best time to venture into the ‘Agricultural Sector’ by creating value by challenging the status quo via constant innovation to mitigate the impact on the prevailing ‘food security’ in Sri Lanka and to avoid such situations arising in the future.