Halgolla Estate pioneers climate-smart agroforestry in Netherlands-backed pilot

Hayleys Plantations has completed Phase 1 of a groundbreaking agroforestry pilot at Halgolla Estate.

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The project was developed through a multi-stakeholder partnership involving the Government of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the University of Peradeniya’s Faculty of Agriculture and PGIA, the Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka, Kelani Valley Plantations PLC, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - Sri Lanka.

The initiative aims to rehabilitate degraded tea and coconut plantations in Sri Lanka through sustainable land-use practices, with technical support from IUCN.

Agroforestry is a science-based land management system that integrates trees with crops to revitalise degraded lands. It simultaneously enhances productivity, regenerates ecosystems, and supports livelihoods by leveraging the synergy between ecological function and economic opportunity.