Fourth Symposium on Plantation Crop Research
We are pleased to announce the fourth Symposium on Plantation Crop Research to support the plantation economy through raising the awareness of recent technological innovations....
More >>TRI won the National Awards for Excellence in Agricultural Research
Dr. I Sarath B Abeysinghe, Director of the TRI, Dr. P A Nimal Punyasiri,
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Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka launches new website
A newly upgraded website for the Tea Research Institute (TRI) was ceremonially launched by the Hon. Minister of Plantations Industries, Mr. Mahinda Samarasinghe (MP) on 11th July 2011
New Kaluthara Extension Centre was declared open
A new Extension Centre was established at Nivithigala- kelle, Matugama for the benefit of the tea growers of the Kaluthara and Colombo Districts.
The new ...
About TRI
History
TRI was first established in 1925 as an arm of the Planters’ Association of Ceylon, in order to enrich the tea industry through professional research findings. The institute had its early beginnings in Nuwara Eliya town with a representative nucleus of staff undertaking research in make-shift laboratories with very modest equipment and then transferred to the present location, the St. Coombs Estate in Talawakelle, in December 1929.
Gradually TRI spreads into all tea growing areas of the country by establishing regional centres in Passara (Uva region), Kandy (Mid country region), Ratnapura (Low country region), Galle (Galle district), and Deniyaya (Matara and Hambantota districts). The two estates, St. Coombs in Talawakelle and St. Joachim in Ratnapura, which are operated under TRI, provide facilities to undertake research in cultivation and processing while making some earnings to the institute.
Tea Research Board
TRI is presently governed by the Tea Research Board of Sri Lanka which is under the purview of the Ministry of Plantations Industries. Tea Research Board consists of scholars of the field of research, management and economics.
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The Tea Research Institute, Low country station, Ratnapura was established in 1963 at St.Joachim estate, Ratnapura to cater the technological and extension needs of tea growers in the low country tea planting districts representing about 50% of the total extent of tea lands in the island. Its advisory and extension services cover three major tea growing districts viz. Ratnapura, Kalutara and Kegalle with over 150,000 smallholdings. Presently, the TRI Low country station has 4 arms of research divisions namely, Agronomy, Plant Breeding, Entomology and Technology and an Advisory and Extension section with 23 staff members in 2010. Majority of the technical staff have earned graduate and post-graduate qualifications. The administration section with 18 clerical and allied staff members provides support services to carry out research, advisory and extension program of the institute. The TRI, Low country station is equipped with basic laboratory and related facilities for scientific research and also with audio-visual equipments and seminar halls for extension & farmer training programs.
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