The National Initiative for Tea Sector Improvement
The National Science Foundation (NSF), under the purview of the Ministry of Science and Technology, has embarked on several national initiatives addressing high-priority national concerns that require a multidisciplinary and holistic approach and Tea sector improvement is one such high priority. The NSF would like to call for concept notes that will address the following issues:
- Enhancing productivity through Technology diffusion.
- Strengthening the unique Pure Ceylon Tea brand, Value Addition/ Product Diversification for Ceylon Tea.
The ultimate objective of these initiatives is to make a significant direct or indirect contribution to the National GDP and, consequently, the socio-economic development of the country.
The concept note should be 1 to 2 pages and include;
- Title
- Expert team to carry out the project / Institute affiliated
- Problem/rationale
- Proposed intervention
- How do you prove techno-economic feasibility
- Resource requirement
- Outputs/Outcome
- Impact in macro picture ( i.e. contribution to GDP/national level impact)
- Contact of lead proponent: Mobile number and e-mail
Contact
Eng. Mahesh Dissanayake
Head of Research Division
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Tel. 011 2696771 Ext. 120
Ms Dilani Jayaweera
Scientific Officer
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011-2696771 Ext: 125