A gathering handed off on the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (30) between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and representatives from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The primary focus of the dialogue was the digitization of knowledge in Sri Lanka’s agricultural sector.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasised the importance of steady the federal authorities’s efforts to modernize the agricultural sector, improve eating regimen, take care of native climate change, and enhance financial security.
All through the meeting, officers from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation expressed their willingness to assist these actions, provided they align with the federal authorities’s insurance coverage insurance policies and legal guidelines regarding financial assist and utilizing fashionable experience. They provided associated knowledge to assist their stance.
The proposed establishment of a faculty dedicated to native climate change was moreover a topic of consideration all through the meeting.
Minister of State for Finance Mr Shehan Semasinghe, Senior Advisor to the President on Nationwide Security and Chief of Staff Mr Sagala Ratnayake, Secretary to the President Mr Saman Ekanayake, Senior Advisor to the President on Native climate Change Mr Ruwan Wijewardena, Advisor to the President on Nationwide Meals Security Dr. Suren Batagoda, Chief of Defence Staff Frequent Shavendra Silva , Additional Secretaries of the President’s Office Mr. Vernon Perera, Ms Chandani Wijewardena, Dr. Sulaksha Jayawardena and totally different officers, members of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Sarvodaya Foundation attended the meeting.
President’s Media Division (PMD