SriLanka, April 12 -- Sri Lanka has launched a US$1.33 million initiative to rehabilitate traditional minor tank systems in the North and the East, with support from the Government of Japan and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to boost water efficiency and climate resilience in agriculture.

The 12-month project, led by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, will focus on restoring the tank cascade systems in Trincomalee and Vavuniya, directly benefitting around 400 smallholder farmers while strengthening local farmer organisations managing water resources.

Sri Lanka's network of more than 10,000 village tanks remains central to paddy cultivation in the Dry and Intermediate Zones, bu...