Banana (Musa sp) is an important fruit crop cultivated throughout the year and is the traditional mainstay of Northern Sri Lanka’s livelihood. Occurrence of pests and diseases is the major constraint in banana cultivation ...

Soil fertility and productivity depend on soil chemical, physical and biological properties. Sri Lanka is an agricultural country and extensive use of inorganic fertilizers by the farmers has harmful impact on human and ...

Bilingualism refers to the ability to speak two languages fluently. Multilingualism is then the mastery of more than two languages on a high level of proficiency. International surveys indicate that there are many more ...

Chicken burgers were prepared by incorporation of blanched Kohila (Lasia spinosa) and Oyster mushroom (Plueratus ostreatus) with an objective of developing a low cost healthy meat product. The reference batch of chicken ...

The Dry zone of Sri Lanka is the area receiving less than a mean annual rainfall of 1750 mm which covers about 1/3rd of the land area. Agriculture is the major live hood of the people in this area. Therefore, knowledge ...

The study was conducted to determine the suitable rice variety with suitable rice flour percentage for manufacturing rice flour cracker with suitable percentage of curry leaf pieces. Different rice flour levels with curry ...

This research study was motivated by previous research which found that the use of mobile phones could enhance the effectiveness of teaching and learning. The aim of this paper is to present the findings of three secondary ...

The main purpose of this paper is to describe the level of job satisfaction and to identify the factors that affect the job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in Kandy district. The theoretical frame work used in ...

Distance education as a vehicle for the delivery of course content, as well as complete academic programmes, continues to grow rapidly in the world. Distance education or distance learning is a field of education ...

Maize is cultivated as a second crop next to rice in tropical conditions and depends on chemical fertilizers (CF) which contribute to detrimental ecological consequences. As a recent development, formulated fungal-bacterial ...