Author: Irangani MudannayakePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Information Needs and Information Practices of Agricultural Scientists in Sri Lanka
Author: Irangani MudannayakePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Challenges for South Asian Resources and Information Services
Author: Rajwant Singh ChilanaPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN: 9788180695278
Category : Information resources
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Ravindra Nath Sharma, b. 1941, Indian library and information scientist; contributed articles.
DEVINSA Abstracts
Author: Journal of Philippine Librarianship
Author: COMLA Newsletter
Author: Farmers preferences for climate-smart agriculture
Author: Taneja, GarimaPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
This study was undertaken to assess farmers preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for various climate-smart interventions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The research outputs will be helpful in integrating farmers choices with government programs in the selected regions. The Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) was selected because it is highly vulnerable to climate change, which may adversely affect the sustainability of the rice-wheat production system and the food security of the region. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can mitigate the negative impacts of climate change and improve the efficiency of the rice-wheat-based production system. CSA requires a complete package of practices to achieve the desired objectives, but adoption is largely dependent on farmers preferences and their capacity and WTP. To assess farmers choices and their WTP for the potential climate-smart technologies and other interventions, we used scoring and bidding protocols implemented through focus group meetings in two distinct regions of Eastern and Western IGP. We find that laser land leveling (LLL), crop insurance, and weather advisory services were the preferred interventions in Eastern IGP. Farmers preferred LLL, direct seeding, zero tillage, irrigation scheduling, and crop insurance in Western IGP. Through the bidding approach, farmers implicitly express their WTP for new technologies that could transform current agricultural practices into relatively low-carbon and more productive farming methods. But actual large-scale adoption of the preferred climate-smart technologies and other interventions would require access to funding as well as capacity building among technology promoters and users.
Agricultural Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri Lanka
Author: Buddhi MarambePublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811521522
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
A food system comprises the entire range of actors and interlinked activities related to food production, processing, distribution, marketing and trade, preparation, consumption, and disposal. When a food system operates without compromising the needs of future generations, it is considered to be a “Sustainable Food System.” The present-day food systems in Sri Lanka are diverse, and the natural and physical environment, infrastructure, institutions, society and culture, and policies and regulations within which the food systems operate, as well as the technologies employed, have shaped their outcomes. Agricultural research is a key factor in terms of innovation and technological advances. Innovation has been the main driver of food systems’ transformation over the past few decades and will be critical to addressing the needs of a rapidly growing population in a context of climate change and scarcity of natural resources. In addition, agricultural research must help meet the rising demand for food at affordable prices. Comprising 17 chapters written by specialist(s) in their respective subject-areas, this Contributed Volume on “Agricultural Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri Lanka: A Historical Perspective” shares the scientific knowledge accumulated by the National Agricultural Research System of Sri Lanka, including universities, and offers recommendations on how to make food systems more sustainable in order to address the current needs of Sri Lankan society. It presents perspectives on four key thematic areas, namely: (i) Crop and animal production, management, and improvement, (ii) Agro-product processing technologies, (iii) Natural resource management, and (iv) Socio-economic development and agri-business management.
Directory of Social Scientists in Sri Lanka
Author: Bibliography of Agriculture
Author: Tropical Agricultural Research
Author: University of Peradeniya. Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description