Browsing by Subject "Sri Lanka"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)This study investigates resource allocation in Sri Lankan peasant agriculture and focuses on dry zone multi-output/multi-input farming systems (Vavuniya district). Investigation is carried out at both farm household and ...
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(2021-01-19)The Godavaya shipwreck, located off Sri Lanka’s southern coast at a depth of approximately 33 m (110 ft), is presently dated to between the second century B.C.E. and the second century C.E., making it the oldest known ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)Three crop moisture stress indices (CMSI1, CMSI2 and CMSI3) are proposed. In computing index 1 and 2, stress is assumed to occur when the actual to potential transpiration ratio (AT/PT) falls below a critical level, while ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)The major purpose of this study is to develop an adaptive irrigation management policy for the Uda Walawa project in Sri Lanka. The policy is formulated by applying a linear programming algorithm that utilizes forecast ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)Rice is the main staple food in Sri Lanka. The domestic production is insufficient to meet the local requirements and Sri Lanka is dependent on imports of rice and wheat flour to feed its population. To increase the rice ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent and in what manner contact farmers influenced the dissemination of information related to the adoption of selected rice production practices among farmers in the ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)A life table study was conducted in Sri Lanka during 1982 to contribute understanding to the population dynamics of T. incertulas in the rice agroecosystem. The determination of larval instars revealed the occurrence of 5 ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)In tea processing, the subprocesses of withering and drying require thermal energy for dehydration of tea leaves. At present, the Sri Lankan tea industry depends mostly on imported fossil fuels for its thermal energy needs. ...