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Modeling the Long Run Determinants of Private Investment in Sri Lanka

Jeromias, C.; Sooriyakumar, K.; Sireeranhan, A. (University of Jaffna, 2008)

This paper investigates the determinants of private investment in Sri Lanka. In recent years, emphasis has been put on the development of the private sector in developing countries to boost economic growth and reduce ...
Factors Influencing Incidence of Poverty in Thenmaradchy Division of Jaffna District

Thiruvathany, T.; Sooriyakumar, K.; Sireeranhan, A. (University of Jaffna, 2008)

This paper studies the factors that influence the poverty level of households in Thenmaradchy division of Jaffna district. Thenmaradchy area is highly affected by war. Most of the people in this area lost their houses and ...
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Productivity Enhancement Practices in Pepper Cultivation in Sri Lanka

Salma, S.F.; Umashankar, K. (Sabaragamuwa University of SriLanka, 2022)

1. Introduction Sri Lanka is popularly known as the “Spice Island” and acquainted with the “Spice Route” from East to West for many centuries. Pepper is known as “King of the Spices” since it is widely used and ...
Technical Efficiency of Onion Production in Jaffna District

Sakthivel, S.; Sooriyakumar, K.; Sireeranhan, A. (University of Jaffna, 2008)

This study examines the technical efficiency of onion production in Jaffna district. Among the crops cultivated in this district, onion is an important cash crop and has tremendous potential to improve the economy of this ...
Determinants of Income Generating Activities of Rural Households

Sansayen, K.; Sooriyakumar, K.; Sireeranhan, A. (University of Jaffna, 2008)

This study aims to identify and analyze the determinants of income generating Activities of rural households in the Jaffna district in northern region Sri Lanka. It helps to identify factors which are essential for the ...
Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Low Pesticide Fresh Cabbage

Abira, S.; Sooriyakumar, K.; Sireeranhan, A. (University of Jaffna, 2008)

The purpose of this survey was to assess and determine consumers' perceptions of food safety and their attitudes toward use of pesticides in the production of pesticide low fresh cabbage. Vegetable plays important roles ...
Health care demand behaviour of household in Valikamam area of Jaffna district

Thayalan, Y.; Sooriyakumar, K. (University of Jaffna, 2006)

This study is to identify the socio economic factors of household that influence the people to seek medical help and examine magnitude of these factors influence in seeking medical help in Valikamam area of Jaffna district. ...
Determinants of fuel choice for cooking in Valikamam area of Jaffna district

Selvaratnam, J.; Sooriyakumar, K. (University of Jaffna, 2006)

This study is to identify the determinants of fuel choice for cooking in the households of the Valikamam area of Jaffna District. The Valikamam area of the Jaffna District was purposively selected for this study because ...
Consumers' willingness to pay for low pesticide fresh vegetable Products in the Jaffna municipality area

Anushiya, T.; Sooriyakumar, K. (University of Jaffna, 2006)

In many of the developing countries, health risks associated with pesticide residue have been a matter of concern for many years. The excess and careless use of agrochemicals in Sri Lanka have directly led to cancer and ...
Relative Importance of Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Sri Lanka: An Empirical Investigation

Sooriyakumar, K.; Sivanathan, V.P.; Sireeranhan, A. (University of Jaffna, 2015-05)

This paper studies various monetary transmission channels in Sri Lanka to identify the more effective transmission mechanism and the policy rate that signals changes in monetary policy more effectively. The standard recursive ...
Demand for Cheese in Norway

Sooriyakumar, K. (University of Jaffna, 2003)

The percapta consumption in Norway has increased from 1972 to 1995 for different types of cheese and different types of cheese are introduced into the Norwegian market over the years. Now, mainly 15 different types of ...
Cyclical Effect of Lagged Price on Red Onion Production in Sri Lanka

Vanathy, J.; Sooriyakumar, K. (University of Jaffna, 2003)

In Sri Lanka, onion is one of the high value minor food crops. Each family spends nearly 1.8 % of their monthly income on onions. Up to the recent past cultivation of red onions was confined to the Jaffna district. Because ...
Grain legumes for food security- an adaptability study of mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) genotypes for water deficit tropical environments

Eeswaran, R.; Weerakoon, W.M.W.; Sangakkara, U.R. (University of Jaffna, 2014)

This research was aimed to adapt some promising mung bean genotypes to water stress through a field based screening study which was conducted at the Field Crops Research and Development Institute, Maha Illupallama. ...
Genotypic Variations on Yield and Yield Related Parameters of Mung Bean (Vigna Radiata (L.) Wilczek) under Water Stress in the Low Country Dry Zone of Sri Lanka

Eeswaran, R.; Weerakoon, W.M.W.; Sangakkara, U.R. (University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka, 2013)

According to several climate predictions, the crop production in the sub humid tropical regions seems to be threatened by climate change mainly by the reduction in water availability due to heated atmosphere and erratic ...
Performance of a climate change - resilient agronomic package for chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) in comparison to the existing crop management in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka

Eeswaran, R.; De Costa, W.A.J.M.; De Costa, D.M.; Dandeniya, W.S.; Suriyagoda, L.D.B.; Sivakumar, S.; Arasakesary, S. J. (Proceedings of International Conference on Dry Zone Agriculture (ICDA 2015), 2015)

Adapting cropping systems to the potential negative impacts of climate change by enhancing their resilience has become important especially for the farming communities in vulnerable regions like Northern Province of ...
Near Infra-Red Imaging to Monitorthe Canopy Growth in an Annual Intercropping System–A Study from Maize-Mung Bean Intercropping in Sri Lanka

Eeswaran, R.; Schmidli, A.; Walter, A.; Sangakkara, U.R. (Proceedings of Jaffna Science Association, Vol. 23, No. 1, May 2016, 2016-05)

Near Infra-Red (NIR) imaging is one of the popular imaging techniques that are used in plant phenotyping and crop health monitoring. This technology is non-invasive, non-contact and non-destructive thus, has wide range ...
Development of a Traditional Rice Flour (Suwendal) Incorporated Coating for Chicken Fingers

Subramaniam, T.; Jayawardana, B.C.; Nirosh, L.; Vidanarachchi, J.K. (International Symposium on Agriculture and Environment 2014 University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka, 2014)

Preference for functional meat products are increasing in the meat industry. In the present study, the possibility of replacing wheat in the coating of chicken fingers by traditional rice variety, suwendal was studied. ...
Report on the Annual Gametogenesis and Tissue Biochemical Composition in the Gray mussel, Crenomytilus grayanus (Dunker 1853) in the Subtidal Rocky Bottom on the East Coast of Korea

Subramaniam, T.; Hee‑Jung Lee; Hee‑Do Jeung; Hyun‑Sil Kang; Chul‑Won Kim; Hyung‑Seop Kim; Young‑Ghan Cho; Kwang‑Sik Cho (Ocean Science Journal, 2021)

The Gray mussel Crenomytilus grayanus occurs in high density in the shallow rocky subtidal zone on the east coast of Korea, where the mussel dominates the shallow subtidal benthic community. In this study, we frst examined ...
Annual Gametogenesis Patterns in Two High-Latitude Corals, Alveopora japonica and Oulastrea crispata, from Jeju Island, South Korea

Jin-Soo Park; Keshavmurthy, S.; Subramaniam, T.; Sang-Ryul Park; Chang-Keun Kang; Kwang-Sik Choi (Springer, 2019-04)

Sexual reproduction in corals is pivotal for the survival of populations in the face of climate change. Off Jeju Island, which lies off the south coast of Korea, a high-latitude scleractinian coral, Alveopora japonica, ...
Comparison of Proximate and Antioxidant Properties of the Developed Herbal Biscuits

Nayanajith, R.P.D.N.; Dharmasiri, P.G.N.H.; Vasantharuba, S. (Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Sessions of the Nutrition Society of Sri Lanka - 2022, 2022)

Biscuit is a common baked snack in Sri Lanka. This study was aimed to develop a herbal biscuit by incorporating the herbal mixer which was made with coriander (Coriandrum sativum), cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), curry ...

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