Sri Lanka, May 10 -- President Wickramesinghe has taken steps to allocate US$ 25 million for the Smart Climate Irrigated Agriculture Project for next year, Agriculture and Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said on Wednesday (8).

The Smart Climate Irrigated Agriculture Project (SCIAP) which is being implemented on foreign funds under the Agriculture and Plantation Industries Ministry was scheduled to end by August this year.

A review meeting on the next year's work of the SCIAP was held at the Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by Agriculture Secretary Janaka Dharmakirthi and many other officials from the SCIAP.

The Minister also informed that more attention should be paid to the reconstructions of...