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 ...
Third Symposium on Plantations Crop Research
This biannual symposium on plantation crop research was successfully held from 30th September 2010 to 01st October 2010 at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo. The even...
St. Coombs Estate, located in Talawakelle, was acquired in 1928 to establish the Tea Research Institute and this has facilitated the TRI to undertake research work mainly on field experimentation as well as establishment of demonstration sites for grower education. Even with such use of the estate, it continues to perform as a viable commercial unit. Presently, the St. Coombs tea has achieved a leading mark, and ranks high among the best quality Sri Lankan tea. It covers a tea extent of 287.16 ha, and also has an outlying division, Lamiliere, with 175.10 ha of tea, with a total tea extent of 462.26 ha.
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