Economic Botany. Research on underutilized crops in Sri Lanka is limited. This study, conducted in Uva and Eastern provinces of southeastern Sri Lanka, is aimed at identifying common underutilized crops in the … Expand.
Summary Organic agriculture has the potential to reduce the negative impacts of conventional agricultural practices and enhance rural economic development. Many countries are in the process of transforming their food systems to be more environmentally sustainable and resilient and able to deliver healthy and nutritious diets to all.
Sri Lanka is no … Expand. Sri Lanka is a country rich with full of natural resources which can cater a considerable portion of ever-growing market demand for organic products in the World.
Identifying this fact is important … Expand. An experiment was conducted at the Intercropping and Betel Research Station, Narammala, Dampelessa to study the effects of partially-burnt paddy husk as a supplementary source of potassium on growth … Expand. Characteristics of tree crop smallholdings in the mid-country of Sri Lanka.
Sajap et al. In Press. Agricultural ecotypes. An analysis of world food production systems. Freeman and Co. Use of rice straw as a fertilizer material. Tropical Agriculturist. Agroclimate of Ceylon. No change can be forced on farmers. We are facing such a situation in India too of late.
Answer: India is an agricultural country. I would say there is no support at all. I submitted a research paper in JNU eight years ago. In that paper, I have analyzed the support provided to organic farming in the country.
There is not much syllabus on organic farming in agricultural universities. Out of 52 institutions teaching agriculture in India, only two have centres for organic farming. The awareness on organic farming in India is due to a few individuals like Nammalvar.
Organic farming is not growing with government support in India. When court intervention was sought to prevent the use of dangerous pesticides like endosulfan, the government argued that it would deprive the livelihood of many. Organic farming in India is growing, crossing all these impediments. The state and centre are coming out with some measures on organic farming at present. Soil fertility matters a lot in organic farming. The fertility should be increased using organic fertilizers.
Our Indian farmers have achieved this. Answer: I went to Sri Lanka some years ago to promote organic farming. There is enough scope to take out organic farming. But there are certain issues on soil fertility. The soil is barren because of the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers. I have trained some Sri Lankans in organic farming. The soil quality has to be fixed in the first place.
Crop rotation is also a must in organic farming. The seeds should be organic. It is a coordination of organic seed, fertilizers and organic pest control methods. Question: The Sri Lankan government had sought to import organic inputs from China but turned away the ship citing problems. Answer: It is curious, I would say. If the Sri Lankan government was so keen to promote organic farming, it should have discussed it with the farming community in the country.
It was an unplanned move and it shows the irresponsible attitude of the Sri Lankan government when it comes to implementing a policy change. It is not acceptable that organic farming is causing the food crisis in Sri Lanka. It is propaganda driven by multinationals.
Such propaganda should not be taken seriously. A gradual and consistent shifting to organic farming will make Sri Lanka self-sufficient in food production. Did switch to organic farming trigger food crisis in Sri Lanka? Share the Article.
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