The Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Animal Science and Export Agriculture, Uva Wellassa University, successfully conducted a comprehensive two-day training workshop on "Food Dehydration Techniques" for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of the Uva Province on 13th and 14th February 2024. This training workshop was organized in collaboration with the Community Volunteer [...]

On December 15, 2023, the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Export Agriculture proudly organized its 3rd Poultry Forum at the university premises. This hybrid event was held under the theme of “Strategies to Sustain the 21st Century Poultry Industry in Sri Lanka”. The forum aimed to achieve its goals by assembling [...]

Training Workshop on “How to Become an Exporter in Agri-food Business” for SMEs in Uva, Sabaragamuwa and Central Provinces The Department of Food Science and Technology at the Faculty of Animal Science and Export Agriculture proudly organized a comprehensive three-day training workshop titled "How to Become an Exporter in Agri-food Business " for Small and [...]

The 3rd Poultry Forum 2023 will be organized by the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Export Agriculture, under the theme of "Strategies to sustain the 21st  century poultry industry in Sri Lanka".  It is conducted for the third time with the objective of navigating the Sri Lankan poultry industry not only [...]

Marking another milestone under the collaboration among the Uva Wellassa University (UWU), the Go Study Global Education, P. R. China (GSGE), and the Guangxi Vocational & Technical College, P. R. China (GVTC), Prof. H.M.S.K. Herath, Dean, Faculty of Animal Science and Export Agriculture, and Dr. G.A.A.R. Perera, Senior Lecturer (Gr. II), Department of Food Science [...]

Department of Export Agriculture, Faculty of Animal Science and Export Agriculture launched a Beekeeper Capacity Building Training Programme under UWU-Integrated Community Development Project (UWU-ICDP). The project was named as “4PS Eco Bee Biz” and implemented as a Public-Private-Producer Partnership. As its first event, a ceremonial beekeeper-participatory training programme was conducted on July 27, 2023 from [...]

Dr.Kaushalya Wijayasekara, a Senior Lecturer attached to the Department of Animal Science, Uva Wellassa University was privileged to be a part of the Food Safety team of FIFA World Cup 2022 which was held in Qatar. The Football World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world. This event is considered as [...]

Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Export Agriculture successfully conducted a workshop on “Dairy cattle nutrition and health management for small and medium scale dairy farmers” and a baseline survey on livestock farming under the UWU-Integrated Community Development Project (UWU-ICDP) on November 22, 2022 at Ella Divisional Secretariat with the collaboration of [...]

Having considered the cooperate responsibility for the contribution towards advancement of tea industry, Faculty of Animal Science and Export Agriculture organized an “Educational and Technical Gathering Event for the Team Members of Low Country Tea Planters Association” at the Senate Conference Hall of the Uva Wellassa University on November 14, 2022. This event facilitated the [...]