SAPPTA conducts a one day workshop in Ratnapura

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The Spices and Allied Products Producers’ and Traders’ Association (SAPPTA) affiliated to the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce conducted a one Day Workshop in Ratnapura for the Small holders and the Planters of the Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) of cinnamon, pepper and cloves at the District Co-operative Rural Bank Union Conference Hall recently.

This was the second workshop organised by SAPPTA in collaboration with the Department of Export Agriculture on cinnamon, pepper and cloves in and around the Ratnapura District. The main focus of this workshop was to educate the Small holders and the planters of the RPCs on nursery management and new planting techniques, GAP and maintenance, fertilisation methods and types of fertiliser, harvesting methods and timing and pre and post harvesting maintenance. The Chairman of the Association Viren Ruberu, in his closing remark stated that SAPPTA intends organising similar workshops in other regions of the country as this would assist the Spice Industry to strategically drive towards achieving greater quality of produce whilst enhancing the country’s spice production. The Spices and Allied Products Producers’ and Traders’ Association he said is dedicated to aggressively work towards achieving this objective.