By preserving 64 varieties of local yams, the Aranayaka Community Development Centre (ACDC) has established a unique record islandwide as well as abroad, according to reports.
ACDC Manager, Damayanthi Godakumbura told the Daily News that the centre initially had preserved 36 local varieties of yams with the participation of 100 farmers belonging to 10 villages in 2001.
Preservation had been done for 50 varieties of yams with the participation of 200 farmers and in 2011, ACDC was able to preserve 64 varieties of yams with the help of 500 farmers.
Godakumbura added that the majority of activists in yam cultivation was women.
In 2007, the ACDC had won the 'Soba Jana Prasadinie' award. The ACDC had also won the first place at the Bio-Diversity Preservation Contest 2008 in Barcelona, Spain beating the best 25 projects out of 6,000 different projects.
In 2010, the ACDC had represented village women at the United Nations Bio-Diversity Summit held in Nagoya in Japan, where 192 countries participated.
Courtesy: DailyNews
My efforts are to encouraged entire Sri Lankan people to Eat & Drink local stuff and make them available every corner of this tiny island with the international touch
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