Due to the combination of trees, crops livestock and poultry, homegardens are well-known in providing socioeconomic and agro-ecological ser vices. This study was conducted to assess the potential contribution of homegardens ...

Compost is a high-demand organic fertilizer in agriculture. Though farmers are willing to use compost, the availability of quality compost is a question. It is one of the reasons for higher inorganic fertilizer usage by ...

Inorganic fertilizer supply has been limited in Sri Lanka since 2019, due to Covid 19 pandemic and the economic crisis. Therefore, farmers have to depend on organic fertilizers of which a viable alternative is compost. A ...

Junk foods are foods that are easily accessible, usually inexpensive, and low in nutritional content. These foods are higher in calories, salt, and saturated fat and lower in vitamins, iron, calcium, and dietary fiber. ...

Fertilizers play a crucial role to enhance the crop growth as well as the crop production. Until the recent past, most of the farmers have been solely dependent on inorganic fertilizers. Over application of inorganic ...

The primary constraints with sandy soils are low soil organic matter content, poor nutrient availability, heavy losses of applied nutrients and lower water holding capacity. Improving the productivity of sandy soils, ...

Onion Leaf Twister disease (OLTD) is a catastrophic fungal disease of small onion caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. OLTD is char¬acterized by twisted leaves with chlorosis, abnormal ...