Fifty Four Year Fertilizing the Nation
MILESTONES ON OUR JOURNEY
Mixing operations commence at the Hunupitiya facility with a mixing capacity of 35 MT/hour. 70,000 MT was thus mixed here. The monopoly of private companies in the import, manufacture and distribution was broken forever.
1964
1966
Ceylon Fertilizer Corporation (CFC) established under the Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives’ Ministry headed by Hon. Felix Dias-Bandaranaike with an initial investment of just Rs. 58,000 and with Senior Additional Secretary of the ministry Mr. Sam Silva as its first Chairman. The Head Office was at Darley Road and the stores capable of handling 80,000 MT was established at Hunupitiya. With no money to hire a van Mr.K.K. Anthony, one of the first employees of the corporation picks up 12 wicker baskets to be used for discarded paper for the newly established corporation and bicycles back to the HO with those baskets hung around his bicycle.
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CEYLON FERTILIZER COMPANY LIMITED
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Work on establishing regional warehouses in Maho, Weligama, Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapura is started with a gift of Rs. 28 million and technical assistance from the German Government.
The permit system is abolished and the fertilizer subsidy introduced.
1970
The corporation’s products are sold under the brand name “Lanka Pohora” (Ceylon Fertilizer)
1976
The fertilizer coordinating committee established by the state to optimize the distribution of fertilizer. Through this committee, the first education, training and awareness programs on fertilizer use started for the agricultural community.
1977
With the introduction of the open economy, the sector-leader status of the CFC is lost. Responding aggressively to private sector competition, the corporation expands its distribution network which hitherto was exclusively through cooperatives and agrarian services centers to authorized private dealers.
1978
1980
The newly established stores are now fully operational with capacities ranging from 13,000MT – 16,000MT. For the first time, marketing material is created and distributed by the corporation.
1986
