Rotaract Club of Uva Wellassa University-Badulla

The Anuradhapura District has nearly 3,000 main, medium, and small-scale tanks and irrigation work coming from ancient Sri Lankan time from the lead of King Pandukabhaya. During this period, Anuradhapura was considered the most important era in the irrigation civilization in Sri Lanka. Irrigation systems of ancient Sri Lanka consisted of a large number of village tanks to huge reservoirs and an inherent network of water canals linking these tanks whilst supplying water to farming lands. Rice is the staple food of the inhabitants of Sri Lanka. Nowadays the total land dedicated for paddy is assessed to be about 708,000 hectares including a large area of land in Anuradhapura. Mainly there are two cultivation seasons such as Maha and Yala which are identical with two monsoons. However, nowadays the total area dedicated to paddy is not being cultivated due to a number of reasons such as shortage of water during the seasons, and use of chemical fertilizer for agriculture activities. Theref

“WEW DIYAWARA ASWADDANTA” is one of the most incomparable projects implemented by the Rotaract Club of Uva Wellassa University - Badulla with the objective of uplifting rural agriculture centering on Nochiyagama-Katumulugama village and we also focused on the farmers who are currently engaged in farming.  The major goal of this project is to provide farmers in Nochchiyagama-Katumulugama village, who are also the project's primary players, with a general understanding of how to make organic fertilizer using a consistent way. Furthermore, the project will allow villagers to generate their own manure on a minimal budget, encouraging them to employ organic fertilizers. In addition to these main objectives, we focused the importance of providing clean, cleaning tanks and eliminating pollution to provide irrigation facilities for agricultural operations in the Nochchiyagama-Katumulugama area, reducing the amount of harmful chemicals and materials released while farming and a sufficient s