Crysbro, a major player in the country’s poultry industry recently spearheaded the development of a water irrigation system to strengthen and elevate farming practices in the Suriyapura and Helambayaya villages in the Kantale region, a company news release said. Launched in association with the Department of Mahaweli Development and Environment and The Ministry of Irrigation, Crysbro’s latest initiative aims to alleviate rural poverty in these villages deeply affected by constant drought and the 30-year long civil war in Sri Lanka. “The new irrigation system provides these two villages with a permanent source of water to nourish their farming practices all year long, allowing them to cultivate during both the Yala and Maha seasons; a previously unknown reality due to constant droughts,” the release said.