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 | | But the 48-year-old mother, for whom the glass was always half full, now has an added reason to be optimistic, as she has joined a growing number of farmers using new agricultural techniques that are gradually transforming the terraced contours of Badulla in the Uva Province in South Central Sri Lanka. |
 | | The project is not the first in Uva, according to G.A. Keerthiratne, Deputy Chief Secretary, Planning, and Regional Project Manager for the programme, who says that two previous efforts hardly made a dent in the regions poverty. |
 | | Keerthiratne, was that it identified pockets of poverty in the province, explored the causes and formulated projects specifically suited for the area. |
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