Saaraketha modernising Sri Lankan agriculture through Agri Tech
Saaraketha has harnessed the future of agriculture and brought it to reality today, in the form of a greenhouse project that will see the face of Sri Lankan organic agriculture change overnight. Not only a first for Sri Lanka, but a first for the entire region, the new Saaraketha Zero Carbon Smart Greenhouse project has a production capability of half a million square feet of controlled environment, completely carbon neutral powdered by sustainable enegry.
Projected to carry over 60 varieties of vegetables, greens and herbs, the Saaraketha Smart Greenhouse Project will be able to deliver stable crops all year round, ensuring a consistent income for the farmers and fixed prices for the customers. Saaraketha has always led the way to ensuring traceability and transparency, launching their plant to plate tracing technology in 2019, and now they want to take it a step further.
With their founder Prasanna Hettiarachchi at the helm, they are taking on the impressive task of transforming Sri Lankan agriculture by exploring ways to harness the power of technology to ensure that farmers livelihoods are improved and their ability to feed the nation is stabilised. From day one, Saaraketha has been committed to the farmers of Sri Lanka. It is their stories, their experiences and their ambitions that have inspired Saaraketha to create the platform that they have over the last 9 years.
And even now the Saaraketha Zero Carbon Smart Greenhouse
Project is powered 80% by female farmers, all working with Saaraketha to bring excellence to our families while uplifting their own families’ futures. To date organic in Sri Lanka was considered the privilege of the few, always the healthy but highly costly option. Normal families would prioritise their children and buy organic only for them, but that need not be the case anymore. With the Saaraketha Smart Greenhouse Project, the prices of vegetables, greens and herbs are reducing by 50%. Not as a one off, or a sale, but for good. From October onwards, Internationally accredited, “Certified Organic” produce will be available online at www.saaraketha.com and all supermarket retailers from October onwards.