Agriculture in Sri Lanka
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Agriculture
in Sri Lanka
mainly depends on rice
production. Its main goal is to achieve an equitable and sustainable agricultural development through development and dissemination of improved agriculture technology. To achieve this end Sri Lankan government has Department of Agriculture - Sri Lanka (DOASL). The Department main functions are research, extension, seed and planting material production, regulatory services, plant quarantine, soil conservation, registration of pesticides. Media production unit of the department is Audio Visual Centre (AVC) - Sri Lanka
. There are few Agriculture Parks abbreviated as A.Parks established by the department. One is located at Gannoruwa and the most recent one is at the Bataatha. Bataatha A.Park is recently world famous for having world first farmers monument at its entrance.
Agriculture made up 30.5% of employment in Sri Lanka in 2005, down from 36.8 in 1995.
season, which runs from late April to mid September. Around 807,763 hectares of land cultivated in Sri Lanka for paddy, 64% is cultivated in Maha
season while 35% is cultivated in Yala season. Around 879,000 farmer families are engaged in paddy cultivation in Sri Lanka. They are 20% of the country’s population and 32% of the employment. Now most of the farmers are cultivating genetically improved seeds. If weather is good farmer will get a good yield. Dry weather in harvesting season is necessary.
, the British planter who arrived in 1852.
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
mainly depends on rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
production. Its main goal is to achieve an equitable and sustainable agricultural development through development and dissemination of improved agriculture technology. To achieve this end Sri Lankan government has Department of Agriculture - Sri Lanka (DOASL). The Department main functions are research, extension, seed and planting material production, regulatory services, plant quarantine, soil conservation, registration of pesticides. Media production unit of the department is Audio Visual Centre (AVC) - Sri Lanka
Audio Visual Centre (AVC) - Sri Lanka
The Audio Visual Centre is the media centre for Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka and falls under the Extension and Training Division of the department...
. There are few Agriculture Parks abbreviated as A.Parks established by the department. One is located at Gannoruwa and the most recent one is at the Bataatha. Bataatha A.Park is recently world famous for having world first farmers monument at its entrance.
Agriculture made up 30.5% of employment in Sri Lanka in 2005, down from 36.8 in 1995.
Rice cultivation in Sri Lanka
Rice is the main food in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka also exports some quantity of rice every year. In the last few years, however, that didn't happen. DOA is expecting a paddy harvest of 2.7 million MT in the YalaYala
-Asia:* Yala National Park, Sri Lanka* Yala is the dry season in Sri Lanka, see Climate of Sri Lanka. Its counterpart is Maha, the wet season.* Yala Province, Thailand*Yala, Thailand, its administrative capital...
season, which runs from late April to mid September. Around 807,763 hectares of land cultivated in Sri Lanka for paddy, 64% is cultivated in Maha
Maha
-Acronyms:*MaHa, Nepali comedy duo, Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya*Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia- Indian words :In Sanskrit and other Indian languages influenced by it, the prefix maha means "great".*Maha Avatar, Great incarnation...
season while 35% is cultivated in Yala season. Around 879,000 farmer families are engaged in paddy cultivation in Sri Lanka. They are 20% of the country’s population and 32% of the employment. Now most of the farmers are cultivating genetically improved seeds. If weather is good farmer will get a good yield. Dry weather in harvesting season is necessary.
Tea plantations
The central highlands of the country, low temperature climate throughout the year, annual rainfall and the level of humidity are more favorable geographical factors for production in high quality tea. The industry was introduced to the country in 1867 by James TaylorJames Taylor (Ceylon)
James Taylor was a British citizen who introduced the tea plantation in Sri Lanka . He arrived to Sri Lanka in 1852 and settled down in Loolecondera estate in Kandy. He lived in Sri Lanka more than half of his lifetime 57 years until his death...
, the British planter who arrived in 1852.
Development issues
According to the World Bank:- Weaknesses in strategy and policy
- Heavy public sector regulatory interventions in commodity and input/factor markets
- Weak delivery of services in rural areas
- Destructive impact of civil conflict and tsunami