{"id":5154,"date":"2021-06-06T07:42:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T07:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imcedu.com\/new\/?page_id=5154"},"modified":"2021-06-06T07:48:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T07:48:31","slug":"third-quarter-outreach-programme-of-the-nrc-held-successfully-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov.lk\/index.php\/third-quarter-outreach-programme-of-the-nrc-held-successfully-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Quarter Outreach Programme of the NRC held successfully 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-410632 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-721405 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-393018\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-758363 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"kc_title page-title font-md lil-line\">Third Quarter Outreach Programme of the NRC held successfully 2016<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-475617\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-62903 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-898718 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-847865 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><b>A bio-fertilizer which could reduce urea fertilizer usage for rice by 50%<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The National Research Council successfully conducted the third quarter outreach programme for 2016, \u201cA bio-fertilizer which could reduce urea fertilizer usage for rice by 50%\u201d which was held at the Rice Research and Development Institution (RRDI), Bathalagoda, on 22<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0August 2016.<\/p>\n<p><b>Resource person:<\/b>\u00a0Prof. T.L.S. Tirimanne, Ms. Thilini Perera (Post Graduate Student)<\/p>\n<p>(NRC Grant No: 11-021, University of Colombo, Department of Plant Science)<\/p>\n<p><b>Target Audience:<\/b>\u00a0Representatives from the Government of Sri Lanka (Secretary, Department of Agriculture)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Representatives of the Govi Niyamaka (Extension Officer), Govi Jana Sewa and AGA offices<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Paddy Farmers<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Economists, Environmentalists, Representatives of Fertilizer Companies<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0News Paper and Media Representatives<\/p>\n<p><b>Summary:<\/b>\u00a0The purpose of the programme was to introduce the developed bio-fertilizer to relevant authorities and farmers and to explain its advantages, both economic and environmental.<\/p>\n<p>The program compared rice crops grown with 100% urea fertilizer application and 50% urea application with the bio-fertilizer. 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Abeyewickreme<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Nayana Gunathilaka<\/p>\n<p>Prof. K. Karunathilaka<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Ranil Dassanayake<\/p>\n<p>Dr. V. Chandresekeran<\/p>\n<p>Dr. M.C.M. Iqbal<\/p>\n<p>Dr. P.H.D. Kusumawathie<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Subhashinie Aryaprema<\/p>\n<p>Dr. S.G. Senaratne<\/p>\n<p>M. H. Athapaththu<\/p>\n<p>Mr. W.W.P. Rodrigo<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Shanaka Gunawardena<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lakmal Jayarathna<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Veranja Karunaratne<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-661562 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-35720 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Institute<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Molecular Medicine Unit Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya<\/p>\n<p>Molecular Medicine Unit Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya<\/p>\n<p>Department of Parasitology Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya<\/p>\n<p>Biotechnology Unit Industrial Technology Institute<\/p>\n<p>Faculty of Social Sciences University of Kelaniya<\/p>\n<p>Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science University of Colombo<\/p>\n<p>Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science University of Colombo<\/p>\n<p>Plant Biology Institute of Fundamental Studies<\/p>\n<p>Regional Office Anti-Malaria Campaign Kandy<\/p>\n<p>Western Province Health Department of Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Biotechnology Unit Industrial Technology Institute<\/p>\n<p>Biotechnology Unit Industrial Technology Institute<\/p>\n<p>Biotechnology Unit Industrial Technology Institute<\/p>\n<p>Biotechnology Unit Industrial Technology Institute<\/p>\n<p>Material Technology Section Industrial Technology Institute<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC)<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-805040 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-472027 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-411383\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-825460 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-22842 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5154","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5160,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5154\/revisions\/5160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}