Rice production in Sri Lanka: a combined agronomic/economic study in the intermediate and dry zones

Menz, K.M (1990) Rice production in Sri Lanka: a combined agronomic/economic study in the intermediate and dry zones. Technical Report. ACIAR, Canberra.

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Abstract

At present, rice production from the 747,000 ha of riceland in Sri Lanka is insufficient tofeed its population of 17 million people. The national average rice yield is 3.5 t/ha, which is less than half of the yield obtained at experiment stations using new, improved varieties and other modern technology. The two districts selected for study were Kurunegala in the intermediate zone andAnuradhapura in the dry zone. In this report Chapter 1 summarises the results of the agronomic field experiments, comparing researchers' and farmers' yields. In Chapter 2, the farming systems and associated socioeconomic farm surveys are described. The economic analysis is presented in Chapter 3with the methodology underlying it in chapter 4. A water balance study, highlighting the influence of water availability on yield of rainfed rice, is outlined in Chapter 5. The conclusions are set out in Chapter 6.

Item Type:	Monograph (Technical Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Oryza sativa; Agronomy; Economic analysis; Sri Lanka; Soil water balance, RP6917
Author Affiliation:	Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
Subjects:	Social Sciences
Divisions:	General
Depositing User:	Mr Daneti Raju
Date Deposited:	16 Mar 2014 05:13
Last Modified:	16 Mar 2014 05:13
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12603

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