Fertilizer use in agriculture will always be under scrutiny as it involves economics as well as environmental concerns. Inefficient crop utilization of N can reduce farmers’ profitability, and N lost from agricultural ...

Current climatic changes are increasing the incidence and severity of droughts. Super absorbent polymers (SAPs) have been established as a soil conditioner and it is vital to reduce soil water loss and increase crop ...

Yield reduction due to climate induced stresses is a major constraint to agriculture in tropical region and rice is one of the severely affected crops. Monaragala is one of the important agricultural areas in Sri Lanka ...

Vegetation Health Monitoring from space is used widely and the Normalized difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is the most popular Vegetation index. It represents the photosynthesis capacity of vegetation. The number of ...

The study was carried out at The Open University of Sri Lanka to identify the suitable growth media to combat temperature stress due to Global warming on growth and yield of Lettuce. Two temperature conditions as temperature ...

Postharvest losses of perishable crops remain a complex problem, in solution of which, technological, infrastructural, scientific and socioeconomic aspects are to be addressed in a multidisciplinary manner. The major causes ...

South Asian countries have most diverse income generating activities, among them milk production is one of the significant livelihood activities in all most all countries. Dairy production is entirely contributed from ...

The mass and small scale production of Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis)is increasing locally and globally due to its high-valued protein, essential amino acids, and vitamins, etc. with the global demand of good protein ...

Disseminating and sharing of information is one of the key success factors in modern agricultural systems around the globe. Continuous flow of accurate information through different modes may enhance farmer knowledge thus; ...

Export competitiveness is the country’s ability to produce and sell goods and services in foreign markets while managing sustainable trade over a long period concerning reasonable prices and good quality. Exporting levels ...