The policy preparation discussion and national symposium on the impact of pesticides on rural women and children in Sri Lanka was held at the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agricultural Research Institute on the 6th. Mr. Thilak Kariyawasam

The food exhibition and trade fair organized by FIAN Sri Lanka and LOAM on the occasion of World Food Day 2024 was successfully held on October 24-26.   Many participants including school children came together

 68th Colombo Hindu College Scout Group Holiday Camp was held on 15th and 16th September 2024 at LOADI Grove - Organic Agriculture / Agroecology Research and Training Center. There the scouts demonstrated group activities on

"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,

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

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

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

17.01.24 - Sri Lanka - Navdanya International This post is also available in: German Reiserntemaschine in der Mitte eines Reisfeldes, Sri Lanka (Bild von Theja D Senanayake / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed) Organic Agriculture was

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