Resources Tagged: Sri Lanka
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1/01/2002 This paper tries to shed light bydocumenting recent trends in irrigation investment in both public and private sectors; the public investments by the government in pursuance of the study by Aluwihare and Kikuchi, and the private investment by farmers, based on datacollected from an island-wide...
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20/06/2007 The role of trust in the acquisition of seeds Local multiplication to ensure timely planting Selecting the best plants to improve seed potato Higher yields and income with disease resistant coffee clones New bean seeds Conserving the plant genetic resources of southern Africa Community based...
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20/12/2008 Farmers and sorghum in Nicaragua's northern region Using radio to share farmers' adaptation strategies Climate change Climate field schools in Indonesia Livestock and climate change Adaptive agriculture in flood affected areas Cultivating resilience - lessons from the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka...
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20/01/2007 The indigenous farming system of Sri Lanka was a close integration of livestock management (especially cattle and goat), mixed home garden system, upland dry farming of rice, other grains, oil crops and vegetables (Kekulama) as a component of "Chena"– shifting cultivation, and lowland rice–paddy...
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1/01/1978 The lectures reproduced in this book were delivered as part of an introductory course in agricultural extension at the University of Sri Lanka in 1974. 114 pages
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1/01/1984 This illustrated book explores many issues concerning impacting small farmers in in the humid tropics. Topics include farming constraints, minimum tillage, fertility regenerating systems, pest and disease management, fuelwood trees, & fodder trees. 2 copies
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This publication discusses what it would take to make tree farming socio-economically viable and economically gainful \.
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Based on a case study of water management in the Kirindi Oya Irrigation and Settlement Project (KOISP) in southern Sri Lanka, this report describes the constraints in seasonal scheduling of water allocations from relatively small reservoirs that were not designed to carry storage from one season...