Yasantha Mapatuna

Transforming the world a better place by working for smallholder farmers

[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

Rebuilding Sri Lanka’s Farming After Cyclone Ditwah: A Reform Agenda, Not a Repair Job https://t.co/oLKXlULmnV

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

@UNSriLanka @FAOSriLanka @ashadevos @unwomenSriLanka Wow

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

Lessons to learn
True transformation - women led social enterprises
CAMBODIA – Women leading change: Cooperative-driven agribusiness transformation in Battambang  https://t.co/jpKPEuyCWX via @AsiaPacFarmers

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

instead of building a brand-new high-tech TV, why not turn any TV into a high-tech one?
With a small gadget

[Azzam Ameen @AzzamAmeen]

159 Seats: A New Record! The NPP secures the highest number of seats ever in Sri Lanka's Parliament under the Proportional Representation system

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

Congratulations !!! Wish you will get adequate wisdom, energy, power and team strength to make the change !!!Hope it is not far.........Budusaranai
🙏🙏🙏

[The Better India @thebetterindia]

Kerala's government is leading the charge for gender equality with new textbooks showing kitchens where everyone pitches in!

[IFAD Asia @IFADAsia]

🌾🥔Happy #InternationalDayofPotato!

Did you know that potatoes contribute to key objectives of the #SDGs such as achieving zero hunger?

With 5,000 varieties, potatoes play a crucial role in global food security, providing opportunities for rural employment and economic growth.

[Talal Rafi @talalrafi7]

"1 in 3 men in Sri Lanka do not work or say they do not want to work. A serious issue in Sri Lanka is that only half of it's population which is in its working age, actually work or want to work. This category does not come under the unemployed. Only 1 in 3 women in Sri Lanka work. There is a huge opportunity for economic growth for Sri Lanka if this labour force can be utilised. What is needed is investments and rise in entrepreneurship to create the jobs."

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

@RW_UNP Why not government consider private sector as the engine of growth in Agriculture?

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

Sri Lanka’s Ms. Phuck You @PhuckYou_ going great guns @masterchefau Down Under. Best wishes and congratulations to You and the Block of White Chocolate. May the flavour be with You !

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

A bit of last 10 years of work. Expect to continue my passion towards communities, partnerships, and networking. Thanks to whole team @SAPP_LK @NADeP_lk and funded organizations @IFADSouthAsia @IFAD @GOSL

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

Empowering Women in Agriculture 🌾💪 Join us in celebrating International Women's Day 2024 with SAPP – where we invest in women to accelerate progress in the Smallholder Agribusiness Partnerships Programme! 🚜🌱 Let's cultivate change together! #SAPP #InternationalWomensDay

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

Gender contribution for food security and household empowerment cannot be just measured in numerical terms
@IFADSouthAsia @SAPP_LK maize resilience project #2023/2024 Maha season

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

Reaping the benefits of the giant maize reciliance program benifitting nearly 40,000 HH, geard by @SAPP_LK @IFADSouthAsia along with Ministry of Agriculture Sri Lanka and provinicial agriculture authorities NCP Uva Eastern and Southern and Department of Agrarian Services

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

LEADERS FROM FIVE CONTINENTS WILL MEET AT THE VIII GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON FAMILY FARMING https://t.co/DT1EDOanix via @WorldRuralForum

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

@Nilushana Being a parent

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

@SAPP_LK enterprises eatablished

[IFAD Asia @IFADAsia]

After completing school, Nadeeshani from #SriLanka took over her family’s mushroom🍄 farm & became a #rural entrepreneur, w/ the help of @IFAD’s funds.

Read why she encouraged young #women to participate in #agriculture: https://t.co/bHvrXMKqwH

[Nilushana Sooriyaarachchi @Nilushana]

“The global economy-wide nitrogen use is highly inefficient, with extremely large proportion of it being lost to the environment. The current mismanagement and overuse of nitrogen has led to various negative effects on land, water, biodiversity, human health and air, all leading to worsening climate change impacts.

A. Baur & Co. Ltd., took the lead initiative in 2018 to pioneer super urea, a nitrogen dual stabiliser to reduce both ammonia volatilisation and nitrification of nitrogen fertilisers in the soil. These stabilisers improve the efficiency of nitrogen fertiliser application, minimise nitrogen losses, and enhance crop yield while reducing environmental impact.”

https://t.co/F1bm0oOzos

[Yasantha Mapatuna @YasanthaMapatu2]

With hopes 🤞
Promoting gender equality in agriculture and agribusiness is naturally happens in Maize 4P resilience project they know well how important inputs for better yield and community strength is admirable @SAPP_LK @IFADSouthAsia