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Thursday, November 10, 2011
SRI LANKA: Cottage industries offer hope in former war zone
SRI LANKA: Cottage industries offer hope in former war zone
Selvakumar Arundha tends to her chickens
Photo: Amantha Perera/IRIN
NEDUNKERNI, 10 November 2011 (IRIN) - Cottage industries such as poultry farming, home gardening and bee-keeping are becoming increasingly popular among returnees in Sri Lanka's former northern conflict zone as alternatives to regular jobs, officials say.
"We have seen a lot of applications for loans for poultry and home gardens," Prem Kumar, area manager for the Bank of Ceylon, one of Sri Lanka's two largest state-owned banks, told IRIN in northern Vavuniya District.
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