Transferring knowledge and expertise of how plants respond to drought and climate change gained from research in UoB to Sri Lanka to produce beneficial impacts on the cultivation of cinnamon and tea.

The grant will be used to establish research collaboration between Sri Lankan scientist and UoB in the area of how commercially important Sri Lankan crops respond to drought and environment change

The grant will be used to establish research collaboration between Sri Lankan scientist and UoB in the area of how commercially important Sri Lankan crops respond to drought and environment change. This will involve one vist by 3 Sri Lankan scientists to the UK and a vist by Hetherington to Sri Lanka