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Smallholder Agribusiness & Resilience Project

Welcome to the Smallholder Agribusiness and Resilience Project (SARP)! We are delighted to have you here as we continue our journey of empowerment, sustainability, and inclusive growth in agriculture. SARP is committed to supporting smallholder farmers, strengthening their resilience to climate change, and promoting thriving agribusiness ventures across Sri Lanka’s dry zone. Through this website, you can explore our projects, stay informed with the latest news, events, updates, and information, and discover opportunities to engage with our work. You can also learn more about current vacancies and easily connect with us through our contact information page. Thank you for joining us on this journey. Together, we are cultivating not just crops, but resilience, opportunities, and a brighter future for farming communities.

About Us

Key Leaders

Minister
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land, and Irrigation.

Hon. K.D Lalkantha

Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land, and Irrigation.

Mr. D.P Wickramasinghe

Project Director
Smallholder Agribusiness and Resilience Project

Mr.Monty Ranatunga

Country Director
International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) for the
Maldives and Sri Lanka

Ms. Sherina Tabbassum

Our Services

The project's main components include capacity building for climate resilience and inclusive value chains, as well as investments in climate resilience and inclusive value chains, including the development of last-mile infrastructure. The project offers services to support these objectives.
Tank Rehabilitation Service
Tank rehabilitation is a crucial component of the SARP project, which aims to restore 173 small-scale tanks in the project areas. These tanks serve as vital water sources for agriculture in the dry zo
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Social and Institutional Services
The Smallholder Agribusiness Resilience Project (SARP) is a community resilience project that prioritizes agribusiness while equally emphasizing other sectors aligned with the United Nations' Sustaina
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Environmental Services
The project values environmental services and invests in sustainable agriculture to preserve andrestore natural resources while increasing the resilience of farming systems to a changing climate. Casc
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Entrepreneurship Services
The SARP project organizes Farm Business School (FBS) training for targeted communities with the aim of transforming them from ordinary farmers to entrepreneurs. Additionally, the project facilitates
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Agriculture and Livestock Services
The goal of SARP is to contribute to Sri Lanka’s smallholder poverty reduction and food security in the dry zone region. Under Agriculture & Livestock sector, climate smart agricultural technolo
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Main Components

Component 1: Capacity Building for Climate Resilience and Inclusive Value Chains
Component 2: Investments for Climate Resilience and Inclusive Value Chains
Component 3: Project Management and Coordination

Our Projects

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Selection of Company/firm/s, Cooperative Societies, Farmer Organizations for implementing market driven Agribusiness Development Public Private Producer Partnership Projects (4P) targeting smallholder farmers in SARP project locations.

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Long Esatablished

SARP Initiative to Promote Forest Enrichment and Conservation of Tank Catchment Areas
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Long Esatablished

SARP Rural Finance Unit Launches “Use of Money” Financial Literacy Book and E-Book
2026 October 29
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IFAD Supervision Mission Evaluates Practical Progress of SARP Across Five Districts
2026 October 28
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Find Latest Procurement

Hiring of a Consultancy Firm for conducting Training Programmes on Operation and Maintenance of Minor Irrigation Schemes

Closing Date: 2026 October 26

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Selection of a Consultancy Firm for conducting 2026 Annual Outcome Survey (AOS)

Closing Date: 2026 October 2

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Expressions Of Interest (EOI), Selection of Individual Consultant (Program officers – PMU, HUB1 and HUB2)

Closing Date: 2026 July 23

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Invitation for Bids – Supply, Delivery and Installation of Blade Type Sprinkler Irrigation Systems for Grain Legumes and Oil Crops Cultivation (Phase 2) (English Language) – SARP

Closing Date: 2026 July 21

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ලංසු සඳහා ආරාධනය – ධානය රනිල කුලයට අයත් බෝග සහ තෙල් බෝග වගාව (Oil Crops) තල වර්ගයේ ඉසින වාරිමාර්ග පද්ධති (Sprinkler Blade Type Irrigation Systems) සැපයීම, බෙදා හැරීම සහ ස්ථාපනය කිරීම. (අදියර – 2)

Closing Date: 2026 July 21

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Invitation for Bids – Supply, Delivery and Installation of Blade Type Sprinkler Irrigation Systems for Grain Legumes and Oil Crops Cultivation

Closing Date: 2026 February 19

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ලංසු සඳහා ආරාධනයයි-ධාන්‍ය රනිල කුලයට අයත් බෝග සහ තෙල් බෝග වගාව (Oil Crops) තල වර්ගයේ ඉසින වාරිමාර්ග පද්ධති (Sprinkler Blade Type Irrigation Systems) සැපයීම, බෙදා හැරීම සහ ස්ථාපනය කිරීම.

Closing Date: 2026 February 19

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2026 වර්ෂය සඳහා SARP ව්‍යාපෘතිය සඳහා වාහන කුලියට ගැනීම

Closing Date: 2026 January 8

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Hiring of Vehicles for SARP project for the year of 2026

Closing Date: 2026 January 8

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Hiring of a Service Provider to Conduct Farmer Business School (FBS) Training Programs of the SARP Project Locations

Closing Date: 2025 December 29

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EOI for Hiring of a Service Provider to Conduct Youth Entrepreneurship Development Program and Sessions Targeting the Beneficiaries/ Youth Entrepreneurs of the SARP Project Locations

Closing Date: 2025 December 8

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Extension of Bid Submission Deadline-Procurement of Drip Irrigation Systems, Water Pumps, and Related Equipment for Gherkin Cultivation Project.

Closing Date: 2025 December 1

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“ස්වීට් ඉරිඟු” (Sweet Corn) වගාව සඳහා නැප්සැක් බහුකාර්ය යන්ත්‍ර, බීජ සහ ක්ෂුද්‍ර වාරිමාර්ග පද්ධති සැපයීම සහ ස්ථාපනය කිරීම

Closing Date: 2025 November 27

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Procurement of Knapsack Multifunctional machines, Seeders, and Micro Irrigation Systems for the Sweet Corn cultivation Project

Closing Date: 2025 November 27

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බිංදු ජල සම්පාදන පද්ධති, පොලි මල්ච්, ප්ලාස්ටික් කූඩ සහ දෙමුහුන් මිරිස් බීජ සැපයීම සහ ස්ථාපනය කිරීම.

Closing Date: 2025 November 23

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Supply, Delivery and Installation of Drip Irrigation Systems,Poly Mulch,PlasticCrates and Hybrid Chili Seeds

Closing Date: 2025 November 23

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කොමඩු වගාව සඳහා බිංදු ජල සම්පාදන පද්ධති, පොලි මල්ච්, සහ කෘමි-ප්‍රතිරෝධි දැල් සැපයීම සහ ස්ථාපනය කිරීම.

Closing Date: 2025 November 23

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Supply, Delivery and Installation of Drip Irrigation Systems, poly mulch, and Insect-proof net for watermelon cultivation  (Bid Ref. No. SARP/G/NCB/WM/2025/686)

Closing Date: 2025 November 23

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ගර්කින් වගා ව්‍යාපෘතිය සඳහා බිංදු ජල සම්පාදන පද්ධති, ජල පොම්ප සහ අදාළ උපකරණ ප්‍රසම්පාදනය.

Closing Date: 2025 November 9

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Procurement of Drip Irrigation Systems, Water Pumps, and Related Equipment for Gherkin Cultivation Project.

Closing Date: 2025 November 9

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Procurement of Goods, Equipment, and Machinery for the Dairy Development Program Bid Ref. No. SARP/G/NCB/D-PL/2025/693- English

Closing Date: 2025 November 1

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කිරි නිෂ්පාදන සංවර්ධන වැැඩසටහන සඳහා භාණ්ඩ, උපකරණ සහ යන්ත්‍රෝපකරණ ප්‍රසම්පාදනය

Closing Date: 2025 November 1

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Procurement of Equipment for Climate Smart Dairy Empowerments Resilience Project Bid Ref. No. SARP/G/*NCB/D-RL/2025/685- English

Closing Date: 2025 November 1

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දේශගුණික බලපෑම්ව්‍ලට ලක්වූ ප්‍රදේශවල තෝරාගත් ප්‍රතිලාභීන් කිරි නිශ්පාදනය සඳහා බලගැන්වීම සහ නගාසිටුවීමේ සුහුරු ව්‍යාපෘතිය සඳහා අවශ්‍ය උපකරණ ප්‍රසම්පාදනය

Closing Date: 2025 November 1

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Procurement of backyard poultry sheds and equipment

Closing Date: 2025 April 30

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Hiring a Consultancy Firm for the Midline Survey of Small Holder Agribusiness and Resilience Project

Closing Date: 2025 March 17

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Calling Bid for Rehabilitation tanks in Anuradhapura -Madawachchiya

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Invitation to Bid for Completion of Rehabilitation of Minor Irrigation Schemes in Vavuniya District Compleition of Rehabilitation of Minor Irrigation schemes in Vavuniya District

Closing Date: 2025 January 31

Closing on 17th February 2025
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Hiring of Vehicles for SARP project- BID AMENDMENT NOTICE

Closing Date: 2025 January 6

Closing on January 2oth
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𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍, 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 & 𝑪𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝑨𝑹𝑷!🌍🌱The Smallholder Agribusiness and Resilience Project (SARP) successfully conducted a one-day training programme on SECAP (Social, Environmental, and Climate Assessment Procedures) Implementation for SARP Interventions on 3rd November 2026.With Mr. Nirajan Khadka, IFAD Senior Regional Technical Specialist, participating as the key resource person, the programme focused on strengthening environmental, social and climate risk management across SARP interventions. The session was actively attended by project staff and project stakeholders.The workshop was inaugurated with an opening address by Mr. Monty Ranatunge, Project Director, who highlighted the overall expectations and key objectives of SECAP implementation within the project.Following the inaugural session, Mr. Nirajan Khadka provided an overview of SECAP under IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) and its practical application to SARP. The current progress of SECAP implementation in SARP interventions was presented by Mr. Ajith Ethugala, while Mr. Mahiman Weerasooriya shared the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) perspectives. This was followed by a discussion on implementation gaps and priority questions, guided by Mr. Khadka and the SARP presenters.Through interactive discussions, practical case studies and group exercises, participants enhanced their knowledge of risk screening, mitigation planning, monitoring and reporting to promote sustainable and climate-resilient project implementation.𝖳𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗅𝖾𝖽𝗀𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗂𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾!#SARP #IFAD #SECAP #ClimateResilience #EnvironmentalSafeguards #SocialSafeguards #SustainableAgriculture #CapacityBuilding #RuralDevelopment #SustainableDevelopment #SriLanka ... See MoreSee Less
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ගොවි නිෂ්පාදක කණ්ඩායම් ශක්තිමත් කිරීමට පුහුණු වැඩසටහනක් 🌱SARP වැඩසටහන යටතේ ගොවි නිෂ්පාදක කණ්ඩායම්වල සාමාජිකයින්ගේ දැනුම හා හැකියාවන් වර්ධනය කිරීමේ පුහුණු වැඩසටහනක් 2026 ඔක්තෝබර් 29 දින, ඇන්ඩියාපුලියන්කුලම් ග්‍රාම නිලධාරී වසමේදී සාර්ථකව පැවැත්විණි.පැය තුනක් පුරා පැවැති මෙම වැඩසටහන සඳහා මිරිස්, රටකජු, බඩඉරිඟු, ගර්කින් සහ කුකුළු පාලනය යන ක්ෂේත්‍ර නියෝජනය කරමින් නිෂ්පාදක කණ්ඩායම් පහක සාමාජිකයින් සහභාගී වූහ.සාමූහික ක්‍රියාකාරීත්වය ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම, නිෂ්පාදන පිරිවැය අවම කිරීම, වෙළඳපොළ අවස්ථා පුළුල් කිරීම සහ ගොවීන්ගේ ආදායම ඉහළ නැංවීම පිළිබඳව මෙහිදී සාකච්ඡා හා කණ්ඩායම් ක්‍රියාකාරකම් සිදු කෙරිණි.ගොවීන් අතර එකමුතුකම සහ සහයෝගීතාව ශක්තිමත් කරමින් වඩාත් සාර්ථක නිෂ්පාදක කණ්ඩායම් ගොඩනැගීම මෙම වැඩසටහනේ ප්‍රධාන අරමුණයි.#sarp #producergroups #capacitybuilding #CollectiveAction #FarmerEmpowerment #MarketDevelopment ... See MoreSee Less
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ගෘහස්ථ ගෙවතු වගාවට SARP වෙතින් සහාය 🌱🌿SARP වැඩසටහන යටතේ අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ නුවරගම් පළාත නැගෙනහිර ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසයේ කීරිකුලම ග්‍රාම නිලධාරී වසමේ ගෘහස්ථ ගෙවතු වගා ව්‍යාපෘතියේ ප්‍රතිලාභීන් 30 දෙනෙකු සඳහා පැළ බෙදාදීමක් 2026 ඔක්තෝබර් 29 දින සිදු කෙරිණි.පවුල් මට්ටමින් නැවුම් පලතුරු හා එළවළු වගාව ප්‍රවර්ධනය කරමින්, පෝෂණය සහ ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතාව ශක්තිමත් කිරීම මෙම වැඩසටහනේ අරමුණයි.#sarp #homegardening #FoodSecurity #Anuradhapura #FarmerSupport #SustainableAgriculture ... See MoreSee Less
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6 days ago

SARP - Sri Lanka
𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗣 𝗥𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 "𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆" 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘-𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸The Rural Finance Unit of the Smallholder Agribusiness and Resilience Project (SARP) officially launched its financial literacy publication, "Use of Money – Use Money Wisely!", together with its E-Book, on 28 October 2026 at the Main Conference Hall of the SARP Project Management Unit (PMU), Battaramulla.The Project Director (PD) attended as the Chief Guest, together with the Deputy Project Director (DPD) and the entire project staff. The programme began with a welcome address and an opening introduction by the Project Director Mr N.B.M. Ranatunga. Mr. Lasantha Gunarathna then gave an insightful presentation on the new book.The highlight of the ceremony came when the Project Director presented the printed publication to its author, Mr. W.M. Karunarathna, Former Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, and officially launched the E-Book online. The author then addressed the gathering with his special remarks.Special invited guests at the event included Ms. Kanchana Hirimuthugoda (Manager – Value Chain, SDB), Mr. Deepal Udukumbura (Vice President – Agri Business, HNB), Ms. R.P.S. Dangalla (Chief Manager, People's Bank) and Ms. W.K.M. Fernando (Deputy Manager, People's Bank).𝗔 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵The launch took place during the Financial Literacy Month declared by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, which makes the occasion especially significant. SARP aims to build good financial habits, strong credit discipline and responsible borrowing among 40,000 households in the project area. This new approach directly supports the project's goal of increasing the family income of SARP communities by 30%.𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸Written by Mr. W.M. Karunarathna, "Use of Money" is designed for smallholder farmers, small-scale agribusiness entrepreneurs and the general public. It covers ten essential areas of financial literacy, including earning money, saving, spending wisely, investing prudently and protecting finances, as well as digital finance. Each topic is explained in simple, practical terms to improve the financial knowledge of rural communities.𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘-𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸The E-Book is now available online and is designed to guide readers towards a financially independent and secure future. We invite you to explore it and strengthen your financial literacy by visiting:library.sarp.lk/publications/ebook/use-of-money-use-money-wisely-78fdd0f7...#SARP #FinancialLiteracy #UseOfMoney #BookLaunch #RuralFinance #FinancialIndependence #SriLanka #Agribusiness #EmpoweringCommunities ... See MoreSee Less
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2 weeks ago

SARP - Sri Lanka
තෙල් බෝග හා රනිල බෝග වගාව පිළිබඳ ගොවි දැනුවත් කිරීමක් 🌱SARP වැඩසටහන යටතේ තෙල් බෝග හා රනිල බෝග වගා කිරීමේ ව්‍යාපෘතිය පිළිබඳ දැනුවත් කිරීමේ වැඩසටහනක් 2026 ඔක්තෝබර් 21 සහ 22 යන දිනවල වවුනියාව සහ වෙන්ගලචෙඩ්ඩිකුලම් ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසවල ගොවීන් සඳහා පැවැත්විණි.චෙඩ්ඩිකුලම්, කන්කන්කුලම්, සමලන්කුලම්, කෝවිල්කුලම් සහ පම්පයිමඩු යන ග්‍රාම නිලධාරී වසම්වල ගොවීන් සහභාගී වූ මෙම වැඩසටහනේ අරමුණ තෙල් බෝග හා රනිල බෝග වගාව පිළිබඳ දැනුවත්භාවය ඉහළ නංවා, වගා කටයුතු සඳහා ගොවීන් දිරිගැන්වීමයි.#sarp #oilcrops #Legumes #FarmerAwareness #Vavuniya #agriculture ... See MoreSee Less
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2 weeks ago

SARP - Sri Lanka
මන්නාරමේ ගොවීන් සඳහා ප්‍රධාන ජල සම්පාදන නළ බෙදාදීමක් 🌱SARP වැඩසටහන යටතේ මන්නාරම, මිනුක්කන් ග්‍රාම නිලධාරී කාර්යාලයේදී මිනුක්කන් සහ පාපමොට්ටෙයි ග්‍රාම නිලධාරී වසම්වල තෝරාගත් ගොවි ප්‍රතිලාභීන් සඳහා ප්‍රධාන ජල සම්පාදන නළ බෙදාදීම සිදු කෙරිණි.අදාළ ග්‍රාම නිලධාරී වසම්වල කෘෂිකර්ම උපදේශක සහ සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන්ගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් පැවැති මෙම වැඩසටහනේදී, SARP OFC මහ කන්න වැඩසටහන සහ එහි ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය පිළිබඳවද ගොවීන් දැනුවත් කරන ලදී.මෙම සහාය තුළින් ගොවීන්ගේ වගා කටයුතු සඳහා අවශ්‍ය ජල සම්පාදන පහසුකම් ශක්තිමත් කිරීම අපේක්ෂා කෙරේ.#sarp #OFC #MahaSeason #IrrigationSupport #FarmerEmpowerment #Mannar ... See MoreSee Less
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