Dairy farming contributes to the rural economy by the way of production of organic fresh milk, milk based products, and the addition to the supply of draught power (bio-gas). It also ensures the supply of valuable nutrients ...

Phytoplasma is an intracellular, pleomorpic, gram positive bacteria with lack of cell wall and important for plant disease in hundreds of economically important plant species in Sri Lanka. In plants, phytoplasmas induce ...

Homegarden agroforestry systems is an integrated land management and multifunctional system that provides ecosystem services, namely provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting. As in other areas of the country, ...

The palmyrah palm (Borassus flabellifer L.) is grows extensively in Northern part of Sri Lanka. It is called as 'Tree of life' has contributed immensely to the people both as food and shelter and also the base for income ...

Soil organic matter plays a vital role in the dry zone agriculture. Maintaining soil organic carbon not only enhances crop production but also helps to manage greenhouse effect. In this regard paddy growing soils favours ...

The study investigates the impact of energy use on agriculture and manufacturing value added in Sri Lanka between 1971 and 2011. The study used only three variables, energy use (Kg of Oil equivalent), agricultural value ...

Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) fruit pulp is known to have good nutritive and health beneficial properties. However the consumer acceptance of the pulp is low due to its bitter taste caused by a compound named as ...

The present study was conducted to evaluate the socio-economic and political background of the “Adivasi” communities in the state of Kerala. The term “Adivasi” refers to the indigenous people of India who possess distinct ...

According to UNEP(1997), arid lands (including semi-arid area) accounts for 38% of the total terrestrial area. In these regions, evapotranspiration exceeds precipitation, which is less than 500 mm. Arid Land Greening ...

In Sri Lanka, the only study that is available regarding occurrence of accid rains has been carried out during 1996-2003, covering all but the northern and the eastern provinces due to the ethnic-conflict during that ...