JICA supports University of Jaffna to play a more impactful role in dry zone agriculture

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Ministry of Education, and University of Jaffna agreed to implement JICA’s new technical cooperation named as ‘The Project for Research and Education Capacity improvement in Dry Zone Agriculture at University of Jaffna’.

Prof. Kapila C. Perera, Secretary, Ministry of Education, Prof. S. Srisatkunarajah, Vice- Chancellor, University of Jaffna, and Yamada Tetsuya, Chief Representative, JICA Sri Lanka Office signed the project agreement.

This technical cooperation project is expected to contribute to strengthening the education, research, social engagement activities of the university that would improve the productivity of the biological resource-based sectors in the Northern Province and enhance their adaptability to climate change.

The Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Jaffna, the only higher education institution for agriculture in the Northern Province, aims to foster quality human resources, to produce innovative technology and to contribute to local development in the field of agriculture, through quality education, advanced research, and community extension.