Ellawala Horticulture bags 3 Mahaweli Entrepreneurship Presidential Awards
Ellawala Horticulture (Pvt.) Ltd, the Gold award winning entrepreneur of the Anuradhapura district in 2018, made history again by taking three coveted awards at Mahaweli Entrepreneurship Presidential Awards 2019, held at the BMICH, recently.
With former President Maithripala Sirisena taking part as the chief guest of the event, the awards were respectively the best Mahaweli Agro Entrepreneur – Extra Large Category, Mahaweli Entrepreneur with Highest Productivity in Land Use/ Planning – Second Place and Best Mahaweli Entrepreneur overall competition, Bronze award.
Director Suresh Ellawala and Manager I.G.W. Bandara received the awards on behalf of Ellawala Horticulture.
Tom EJC, the mango variety invented by Ellawala Horticulture Chairman Tom Ellawala, has proved that invention is the short cut to conquer the world, by securing a high demand in the local as well as international market. The company provides technical knowhow, specific planting materials and training to farmers growing Tom TJC.
Ellawala Horticulture goes one step further to purchase the crop harvest from the farmers. The Tom TJC cultivation aimed at foreign market brings in high income.
Ellawala Horticulture, located in the Galkiriyagama, Mahaweli-huruluwewa zone, has a mango-related products manufacturing plant, which renders a great service to mango farmers.
Commenting on the receipt of three awards, Suresh Ellawala stated that the fertilised soil of the Mahaweli zone irrigated by the waters of Mahaweli was behind their success. He expressed his gratitude to all his staff who worked tirelessly to make this feat possible.