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Greeting from Sri Lanka. I am Dr. Lalith AmarathungaI, Head/senior lecturer, Department of Export Agriculture, Uva Wellassa of Sri Lanka. I am working as an Agricultural Extensionist and environmentalist doctored in the field of Agricultural Extension specializing in Public-Private Partnership Extension in the tea sector, Mastered in Environmental Science specializing in the impact of climate change on tea productivity, and graduated in Agricultural Sciences. My research interest is oriented toward Agricultural Extension, Marketing, Social Studies, Rural Development, Agronomy and Tea Environment, Climate Change, Natural Resources Management, etc.I wish to join with internationally colloborative agricultral extension Research and development activities.

Greetings from Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, Currently, I am the Head of the Department and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Export Agriculture at Uva Wellassa University. Throughout my career, I have contributed to various academic and developmental activities in both the public and private sectors. These include delivering lectures and providing research project guidance, coordinating and participating in impact assessments, evaluations, and feasibility studies, and developing and implementing strategies for input supply and value chain processes to upscale the livelihoods of small and medium-scale holders while ensuring the sustainability of their agribusiness and promoting non-discrimination. Additionally, I am working as a founder and coordinator of the Uva Wellassa based “Integrated Community Development Model Village Project, aiming to foster a steadfast relationship between Uva Wellassa University and Uva Agricultural Community to generate mutual benefits in a sustainable manner with the integration of academia and undergraduates and also the capacity building of youth entrepreneurs harmonizing gender disparities in the project.