Saaraketha – an Organic Agro Forestry Company

Saaraketha, meaning bountiful expanse is an organization that intends to de conk outr the promise symbolized by its name. Saaraketha is a fully Sri Lankan have 100% Organically certified Global Social Sustainable opening move established in 2008 under the 300 Factories Programme of the Government of Sri Lanka, avocation registration with the Board of Investment (BOI) Sri Lanka. Saaraketha specializes in Agro Forestry, along with other downstream value additions such as Organic Agriculture, Alternate Sources of Energy, Bio Extracts, Agro Tourism and light speed Sequestration and Trading.Saaraketha strives to increase the productivity and profitability of small holder farmers of Sri Lanka by dint of a cohesive program that addresses the current constraints for adopting agro forestry in their farming systems. The troupes philosophy is to infuse dignity to the vocation of farming through knowledge infusion, professional skill tuition and facilitating access to appropriate technol ogy.Saarakethas aims to provide the socially responsible global citizens of the world the means to live a healthy, simple and ethical keep that supports integrated clean development while leaving only a minimal footprint on the environment. The farm is located in the picturesque hamlet of Gangeyaya, Perakanatte, Wilgamuwa in the Matale regulate overlooking the knuckles range, bordering the Mahaweli river and is a six hours drive from the city of capital of Sri Lanka where it supports valet de chambrey poor farmers to defy the odds of their circumstances.The scenic nature of the village hides the various hardships that compound an already difficult life for the community of Wilgamuwa where attacks from buggy elephants pose a very real threat to both life and livelihoods, scarcity of clean drinking water, lack of access to basic health & education, and crippling cycle of poverty be part and parcel of nonchalant life. We are privileged to be working with the people of Wilgamuwa who are strain to improve their quality of life while embracing sustainable practices of kitchen-gardening amidst these unequal odds.The sustainable community forestry model we use merges a snatch of commercially viable crops with mixed life cycles, to ensure regular income times and healthy cash flows. We work to promote endemic plant species that are usually not thought of as cash crops, in an prove to ensure their survival for the generations to come, while proving to be an additional source of tax to rural farmers, thereby creating a sustainable model for conservation. With the organic cultivation element of the venture, we hope to reach the modern consumer who is conscious of the effects of her white plague on the planet.At Saaraketha we believe in sustainable growth that man and nature can exist in harmony. We harness the benefits of Organic Agro Forestry as our primary means of doing business. Through this we are assured a commercially viable platform that allows use rs to reap maximum benefits with no damage do to the environment. To this end, we strive to leave behind a minimal carbon footprint. As a Global Social Sustainable Enterprise, we hold fast to the principles of the trine Bottom Line, people, planet, profit.