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By Abhaya Kendaragama
Human-elephant conflict
Human-wildlife coexistence has prevailed in Sri Lanka since ancient times. However, with an ever-increasing human population, the national forest cover, home for wildlife, has been reduced from 90 percent in 1840s to 29.7 percent in 2010. As a result, the country has experienced significant human-wildlife conflicts for land resources.
This includes loss of human and...
Sri Lanka is a land-limited country with respect to an ever-increasing human population. According to estimates in 2007, out of the total land extent of 6.56 million hectares, 65 percent is allocated for agriculture and, therefore, directly subject to degradation in considerable cases because of mismanagement of the soil resource base. In addition, most other land use...
In the face of climate, health and food security changes
Continued from October 11
Support services for climate smart agriculture
An appropriate way to build resilience to climate change by local agriculture is to develop and adopt packages of adaptation strategies and practices targeted to each specific agriculture production system.
According to available literature, building resilience can be briefly described as the...
In the face of climate, health and food security changes:
Continued from October 4
d). Paddy lands
Since ancient times, paddy lands have been used for lowland rice farming. It has been one of the oldest land use systems in the country. Paddy cultivation has been confined to Maha and Yala seasons. It is the staple food crop of the nation. The cultivation is practised in the lower portions of the landscape as paddy requires...
In the face of climate, health and food security changes:
Continued from September 27
All of these practices require integration strategies in the form of management packages for adoption in the different home gardens. The composition of these packages needs to be tailored to site characteristics, local climate and householder’s preference. It will be extremely difficult for householders to identify a suitable package for his...
By Abhaya Kendaragama
Aswaddumised paddy lands
Rice has been the staple food in Sri Lanka since ancient times. Self-sufficiency has been achieved through centuries of...
The Kandyan forest garden system is unique to the Kandy massif in mid elevation of the wet zone of Sri Lanka. It has been a...
Adominant agrarian economy has long existed in Sri Lanka and has played a significant role in ensuring national food security,...
The soils of Sri Lanka have greatly supported an ever-dominant agrarian economy in this country since ancient times. Wonderfully...
Continued from September 13Climate adaptation strategies and practicesAll climatic zones: dry, intermediate and wet zones in the...