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Vijayakumar - Organic Fertilizer
Vijayakumar - Organic Fertilizer
of Development Administration
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT
Programme : Capacity Building Training Programme for SLAS Grade III - 2012
Batch/ Group – H
R.Vijayakumar
CBP- 111/H/22
0778317443
srvijayam@gmail.com
Question :
Strategic Plan Development for the Organization, Division or The Country:
Introduction to the department
The Department of Agrarian Development was established on 01st October 1957 with the
objective of providing necessary facilities to Sri Lankan farmer community abolishing the
hitherto existed Food Department. This department empowered by the Paddy Lands Act No. 46
of 1958 is currently functions as the Department of Agrarian Development as per the Agrarian
Development Act No. 46 of 2000 and its subsequent amendments. The Vision of the department
is “Sustainable development of the agrarian society and all agricultural lands in Sri Lanka” and
the mission of the department is “Formulation and timely maintenance of institutional, ancillary,
legal and management services so as to ensure sustainable development of the agrarian society of
Sri Lanka and making optimal productivity from all agricultural lands”.
Development Plan
Present Government Policy is promote the organic fertilizer usage in the country and stop the
chemical fertilizer. Based on that, H.E President already banned to import chemical fertilizer and
promoting local organic fertilizer production though all the entities in the country whoever can
produce the organic fertilizer production. Anyhow, it took time to issue the specification of
organic fertilize production by department of Agriculture. Before that, several institutions started
to produce compost targeting Maha season of 2021/2022 Maha season. When replacing one
product with another product, it should fulfill the purpose of using that particular product. Urea,
TSP and MOP were replaced with organic fertilizer. Urea has 46% of Nitrogen, TSP has 40% to
46% of phosphate and MOP has 42% of Potassium. Anyhow, traditional compost has 1% of
Nitrogen and maximum 1% of Potassium and phosphate.
Therefore, Agrarian Development Department has the major role to promote enriched organic
fertilizer production though farmers who can produce for their own consumption, minor scale
and major scales. Based on the present issue, following VSTEEP analysis has done and the
prioritized issues are identified. Strategic Plan developed for Self Sufficient Organic Fertilizer
Production in Sri Lanka by 2035. Forecasting and Back casting methods are applied.
To prioritized the issue, Likert scale method used. Points have been given for lowest and
maximum 5 have been assigned to identify the most 2 issues.
7 Waste Management 4 4 5 5 4 22
Based on the above scaling following two issues identified as prioritized issue and they will be
taken for further scenario analysis and strategic development.
Attitude on Sustainable development
Technology dissemination
Identify the Continuous Analyze Testing all Solving All the Become
Farmers in Training of the existing the land plots issues of Farmers World
three different Officers and organic of Sri Lanka by giving required First
level according Farmers on fertilizer and improve price and Pure
to their desire using organic varieties the introduce the Organic
– Own fertilizer and and knowledge of appropriate crop Country
purpose, Minor the new improve Farmers and varieties according
scale, Major technology to the Officers on to testing and
Scale and produce standard New developed Organic
develop the organic and Varieties Fertilizer
enriched fertilizer regularize
product all
Back casting
Identify the Continuous Analyze the Testing all Solving All the Become
Farmers in three Training of existing the land issues of Farmers World
different level Officers and organic plots of Sri by giving First Pure
according to Farmers on fertilizer Lanka and required price Organic
their desire – using organic varieties and improve the and introduce the Country
Own purpose, fertilizer and improve the knowledge appropriate crop
Minor scale, the new standard and of Farmers varieties
Major Scale and technology to regularize and Officers according to
develop the produce all on New testing and
enriched product organic Varieties developed
fertilizer Organic
Fertilizer
2021 2023 2025 2027 2032 2035
Conclusion
Organic Fertilizer Production and Usage in the country become more debatable topic due to the
policy taken by the H.E President. This Study focus on the present issues in the country in-terms
of present usage pattern, present production pattern, introducing new technology and developing
enriched organic fertilizer varieties, promoting farmers, aware the farmers on benefits of organic
fertilizer, solving all related issues of farmers and declaring the first country in the world become
fully organic. For this purpose strategic pan is developed using many tools such as VSTEEP
Analysis instead of PESTLE and SWOT. Likert scale method to prioritize the issue and scenario
developed. Based on that, action plan prepared to achieve the target. Back Casting Method also
used to achieve the target on the time without any delay.
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