Plantation Division
Vision
Make Cashew Plantation as the best plantations in the plantation sector.
Mission
Management of existing plantations and development of new plantations by adopting the best
agricultural practices inclusive of intercropping as profitable and sustainable ventures making
them as model units for other cashew growers.
Objectives.
1. Maintenance of exiting plantations by adopting the best agricultural practices as profitable and sustainable units.
2. Establishment of new cashew plantations with high yielding cashew varieties.
3. Maintenance of commercial nurseries for the accomplishment of SLCC goals.
4. Maintain good relation with villagers in and around the plantations and nurseries in order to boost production and productivity.
5. To serve as a model plantation for investors in cashew cultivation and processing.
Plantations/Seed Garden
Name of Plantation | District | Divisional Secretary | Division of Gramasewa | Acres | Contact Details |
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Eluwankulama | Puttalam | Wanathawilluwa | Rahal Maduwa | 651 | 071- 4481510 |
Puttalama | Puttalama | Wanathawilluwa | Karandipuwal | 961 | 071-8120028 |
Kamandaluwa | Puttalama | Rasnayakapura | Kamandaluwa | 548 | 071- 8285541 |
Hardy | Batticaloa | Walachchena | Kiran | 365 | 077-1303648 |
Pooneryn | Mannar | Pooneryn | Jayapuram North | 479 | 077- 9850497 |
Kondachchi | Mannar | Musalie | Sillwathura ara | 6498 | 071-4958600 |
Thiriyaya | Trincomalee | Gomaran kadawala | Mailawewa | 681 | 077-1303648 |
Mankerny | Batticaloa | Kerelapathhu north | Mankerny | 576 | 077-1303648 |
Wilachchiya | Anuradapura | Maha Wilachchiya | Bandaragama | 25 | 025-2227071 |
Suduwathura Ara | Monaragala | Monaragala | Horombuwa | 45 | 055-2252090 |
Maha oya | Ampara | Maha oya | 81 | 055-3555257 | |
Nalanda | Matale | Matale | Ankanda | 135 | 066-2249164 |
Wellankulama | Mannar | Manthaai West | Jayapuram North | 500 | 011-2884903 |
Total Land Acre | Total Land Acre | 11545 |
Plant Prorogation Centers
Name of Nursery | District | Division Sectary | Division of Gramasewa | Planting Material | Contract Details | ||
Budded | Seedling | ||||||
12×7 | 12×18 | ||||||
Kamandaluwa | Puttalam | Rasnayakapura | Kamandaluwa | Yes | Yes | Yes | 071-8285541 |
Mihinthaleya | Anuradapura | Mihinthaleya | Kannattiya | Yes | Yes | 025-2227071 | |
Kumbukkana | Monaragala | Monaragala | Maduruketiya | Yes | Yes | 055-2252090 | |
Chandrika Wewa | Rathnapura | Embilipitiya | Pallegama | Yes | Yes | 047-2223407 | |
Hardy | Batticaloa | Walachchene | Kiran | Yes | Yes | 077-1303648 | |
Mahiyanganaya | Mahiyanganaya | Mahiyanganaya | Aluththarama | Yes | Yes | 055-5355257 | |
Dambulla | Matale | Dambulla | Pannampitiya | Yes | 066-2249164 | ||
Mangalagama | Ampara | Chenkaladi | Gemunupura | Yes | Yes | 063-3730435 |
Recommended Planting Material for cultivation
Name of the variety | |
---|---|
WUCC 19 | WUCC 21 |
WUCC 23 | WUCC 05 |
WUCC 08 | WUCC 01 |
WUCC 13 | WUCC 09 |
WUCC 07 | WUCC 16 |
WUCC 02 |
Recommended Planting Material for cultivation
Name of the Plantation | Cultivated | Cultivated extend (acre) |
---|---|---|
Kamandaluwa | Coconut | 84 |
Puttalam | Legumes | 15 |
Kondachchi | Legumes, Cucurbitaceae | 5 |
Eluwankulama | Legumes, Cucurbitaceae | 5 |
Hardy | ||
Mankerny | Legumes, Cucurbitaceae | 5 |
Activities / Services
- Maintaining SLCC owned plantations with replanting and new planting.
- Conservation of germplasm for selection and multiplication.
- Maintaining commercial nurseries in different regions to provide high quality planting materials to cashew growers and investors.
Types of planting material
i. Budded plant (12’’ X 07” bag size)
ii. Jambo budded plant ( 12” X 18” bag size)
iii. Seedling plant ( 6” X 9” bag size) - To provide employment opportunities to villagers as skill and unskilled workers.
- To promote Eco-tourism using the lodging facilities in Estate circuit bungalows. situated in two different parts of the country. – Puttalam, and Parcikuda (Batticaloa)
- Production of Budded and Seedling plants to the SLCC subsidy program.
- Introduction of new type of budded plants which has high tolerance and adaptability to the hard field condition. Ex:- Jumbo budded plants ( 12” X 18” bag size)
- Selling of Budded and Seedling plants and Handling the external orders requesting the planting material of cashew

