Palmyrah Resources Development
The Palmyrah palm belongs to the family Arecaceae and placed under the genus Borassus is widely distributed throughout Africa, South and Southeast Asia up to the northern parts of the Indonesian Archipelago.
The Borassus palms in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Burma and Africa belong to the same species Borassus.flabellifer L. The population of palms in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand is about 80, 11, 10 and 2 million respectively according to estimates prepared in 1990s.
The distribution of Palmyrah palms in Sri Lanka
Source: PDB Annual Report – 2016
Palmyrah Model Farms
Palmyrah Model Farm is large scale palmyrah cultivation with the suitable intercropping practices and it acts as a demonstration unit for the public and it create awareness among the people to utilize their own land efficiently in such kind of farming. Actually model fares are a long term investment for the palmyrah industry. Therefore we can’t expect an income in the early stage as most of the model farms given below are with young palmyrah trees. But it should be maintain properly to get better output in future.
Presently model farm are used for seedbed preparation, seedling production and intercropping activities.
District | Location & Area | Main Crops |
Jaffna | Mamunai | Young Palmyrah and Cashew |
Delft | Young Palmyrah | |
Kudaththanai | Young Palmyrah | |
Vavuniya | Puliyankulam | Young Palmyrah, lime, some fruit crops |
Kilinochchi | Ootrupulam | Young Palmyrah |
Kowtharimunai | Young Palmyrah | |
Mulankavil | Young Palmyrah | |
Hambantota | Weerawila | Palmyrah and annual crops as banana, gingili |
Sectoral Development
Contact
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