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Case study in Walawe basin Sri Lanka: A contribution to the United Nations World Water Assessment Programme

2009 | Ed. By, Imbulana, K.A.U.S. et.al.

The study is implemented with the objective of assessing the state of fresh water resources in the basin. The report is structured in a way that it describes the use of water, pressures and driving fo..

The co-operative system and rural credit in Sri Lanka

1974 | MARGA Institute

The credit schemes that are described in this study have been designed to serve the needs of peasant farmers for an agriculture which is organised principally around paddy cultivation. In addition, ..

Contract Farming and Export Horticulture: Can Agribusiness Revitalise the Peasant Sector in Sri Lanka?

1995 | David Dunham

The paper looks at: export performance and the rational of vegetable production on contract from the standpoint of the farm and the peasant household; the economics of contract farming and more part..

Capital Transfers and Investments in Non-Farm Activities

1990 | Nimal A. Fernando

About two decades ago it was strongly believed that agricultural development would over time considerably ease the problem of unemployment and underemployment in developing countries with large agri..

Master plan for crop sector development: comprehensive master plan for agriculture crop sector development - Northern region.

2009 | Department of Agriculture

This master plan contains the strategic aspect of sustainable crop production of paddy, other field crops and horticultural crops, agro-enterprise development, market development, institutional and or..

Cost of cultivation of Agricultural crops. 2008/09 Maha.

2010 | Department of Agriculture

This is the 56th volume of the series ‘Cost of cultivation of agricultural crops’ published by the Socio Economics and Planning Centre of the Department of Agriculture, Peradeniya. This pu..

Developing paddy sector in Batticaloa district: Paddy value chain development for pro poor development

Oxfam

This publication briefly explains about the paddy industry in Batticaloa district, methodology of collection of data and information, about the paddy value chain (PVC) development, key stakeholders of..

Second Southeast roundtable on economic development: Revitalising rural Southeast Asia: Problems, pitfalls and prospects

1990 | Jose C Medina

This draft assesses and expresses the experience of Filipino economy in alleviating rural poverty and ensuring rural development with special emphasis on agrarian reforms. ..

Land, Agriculture and Agrarian Transformation

2011 | Kailash N. Pyakuryal and Bishnu Raj Upreti (eds.)

The book contains eleven chapters relating to land with a focus on small farmers and an emphasis on agricultural development aiming at agrarian transformation. The principle concepts explored in the s..

Strengthening Rural Livelihoods: The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies in Asia

2011 | Ed. by David J. Grimshaw & Shalini Kala

This book makes an important contribution to understanding the ways in which ICTs influence rural livelihoods. The focus was on agricultural communities as Asia’s poor and middle income countrie..

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