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Viability of Controlled Environmental Agriculture for Vegetable Farmers in Sri Lanka

Author : Kumara, S., Weerakody, R.

Publisher: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute

Place of Publish: Sri Lanka,Colombo

Year: 2015

Page Numbers: 69

Acc. No: 4962

Class No: 338.1 KUM-SL

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Agriculture

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

ISBN: 978-955-612-178-0

This study attempted to characterise vegetable farming under protective covers in terms of ensuring a sustained supple of vegetables against seasonality of production, maintaining a famer income which is not affected by erratic weather conditions and pest problems, circumventing land and labor scarcity in agricultural production, promoting modern technology while identifying the issues and constraints faced by the farmers. Blurb Source:- Extracted from the 'Executive summary'