LOAM Events

“LOADI GROVE” Research and Training Center on Organic Farming, Ecological Farming, Regenerative Farming and Analogous Forestry was opened to the community on World Environment Day (06/05/2024). It is in “Dikhena Estate”, The Village Mawatha, Kudamadwa, Mattegoda, Polgasovita area. Indegenous leader, Vanaspathi Uruvarige Vannilatthan was the chief guest on the occasion. Along with that Mr. Amrit […]

After the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, the two-day staff briefing workshop on the inauguration and future plans of Lanka Organic Agricultural Movement and FIAN Sri Lanka organizations was held on April 18 and 19 at LOADI Grove – Organic Agriculture / Agroecology Research and Training Center, Mattegoda. On the first day Mr. Suranjan Kodithuvakku,

In April 2021, the government of Sri Lanka decides to become an “Organic State” overnight. The plan is not well thought out, but driven by increasing costs for agrochemicals – and it failed. Today, the organic-transition is more necessary than ever. You can now listen to the discussion between LOAM Chairman Thilak Kariyawasam and LOAM Special Project

An awareness and practical program on the preparation of organic liquid fertilizers was held at Mattegoda Training Center on 11.02.2024. Vegetable bowls were also offered to the participants.

Uthayam newspaper had reported on 11.02.2024 about the public protest held against the environmental damage in Mannar.  Mr. Thilak Kariyawasam, Chairman of LOAM also participated in the event and gave comments. #humanrights #SandMining #StopMining #mannar #lka

Thai Pongal Day is more of a cultural festival than a religious one, it is a cultural festival where farmers offer blessings to the nature that helped them in their work, to the animals they worked with and to the sun and cattle. From the month of Nikini, the harvested crops are put into a

Lanka Organic Agriculture Movement president Mr. Thilak Kariyawasam attended the COP28 – UAE international conference held last November and participated in several special events. Accordingly, he participated in the following forums and expressed his views successfully. 1- Soil carbon and small holder possibilities, maximizing community driven solutions and minimizing damage 2 – People & Places: