Audio Visual Centre (AVC) - Sri Lanka
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The Audio Visual Centre is the media centre for Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka
and falls under the Extension and Training Division of the department. It was established in 1980.
It produces wide spectrum of audio visual materials (instructional media materials) ranging from low cost to high-tech and does computer related functions such as web designing and database programming which are intensely required for development of Agriculture in Sri Lanka
, as well as conducts training programmes in the production and use of audio visual materials to improve skills in presentators who are involved in transfer of technology. It has a toll free agriculture advisory service having the tel no. 1920 for providing answers for agriculture related problems over phone. Recently (2007.07.16) it has opened a new kind of sale point which gives plant saplings and indigenous food items for reasonable prices.
The AVC is located in Peradeniya
, close to the hill capital of Sri Lanka, Kandy
.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
and falls under the Extension and Training Division of the department. It was established in 1980.
It produces wide spectrum of audio visual materials (instructional media materials) ranging from low cost to high-tech and does computer related functions such as web designing and database programming which are intensely required for development of Agriculture in Sri Lanka
Agriculture in Sri Lanka
Agriculture in Sri Lanka mainly depends on rice production. Its main goal is to achieve an equitable and sustainable agricultural development through development and dissemination of improved agriculture technology. To achieve this end Sri Lankan government has Department of Agriculture - Sri Lanka...
, as well as conducts training programmes in the production and use of audio visual materials to improve skills in presentators who are involved in transfer of technology. It has a toll free agriculture advisory service having the tel no. 1920 for providing answers for agriculture related problems over phone. Recently (2007.07.16) it has opened a new kind of sale point which gives plant saplings and indigenous food items for reasonable prices.
The AVC is located in Peradeniya
Peradeniya
Peradeniya is a town of about 50,000 inhabitants on the outskirts of Kandy in Sri Lanka. It is situated on the A1 main road connecting Kandy and Colombo, just a few kilometres west of Kandy....
, close to the hill capital of Sri Lanka, Kandy
Kandy
Kandy is a city in the center of Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills in the Kandy plateau, which crosses an area of tropical plantations, mainly tea. Kandy is one of the most scenic cities in Sri Lanka; it is both an...
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