Plantations
Effect of free range poultry system on land use efficiency and floral diversity in Rubber plantations
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008Plantation crops like rubber were traditionally grown in monocultures to avoid any risk on their productivity. However, with the smallholder farmers being involved in rubber cultivation, the idea of farming system evolved with the maximizing the overall land productivity and diversifying the income sources in order to meet the need of the resource poor. At […]
Species diversity and forage value of herbage in a neglected coconut land proposed for livestock integration
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008The proposed coconut land is situated in the southern province, belongs to the land suitability class S4 which is moderately suitable for coconut. Therefore, managing coconut as monoculture is unprofitable and steps have been taken to optimize the land use through livestock integration. Therefore, objective of this study was to investigate the species diversity and […]
Recent Trends in the Forestry Sector of Sri Lanka
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Mr H M Bandaratillake
Director, Forest Resources Management Project
Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources
The forest cover in Sri Lanka has been continuously declining during the last several decades. The forest cover which was around 44% of the land area in 1956 had declined to 23.9% in 1992 and 22% at present. It has been widely accepted […]
Evaluation of different cover crops on vacant areas (pottal) in mature tea plantation
Monday, December 10th, 2007I R Palihakkara, B G D Udesh, P W D Vithanage
Department of Crop Science, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.
Didenipotha estate, Maturata plantations Ltd., Sri Lanka
An experiment was conducted at a low country tea plantation in Matara district to Evaluate different cover crops species for vacant areas. It was conducted during the period of January to […]
Assessment on timber and carbon in rubber plantations with special reference to the wet zone of Sri Lanka
Monday, December 10th, 2007E S Munasinghe, V H L Rodrigo P K W Karunathilaka and U A D P Gunawardena
Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka.
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
Rubber (Hevea brasilensis) has traditionally been cultivated for the latex extraction; however, its importance in other uses, particularly producing quality timber and […]
Rubber latex production in Hevea brasiliensis with high density planting
Monday, December 10th, 2007T U K Silva, V H L Rodrigo, S M C U P Subasinghe
Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka,
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
Despite short-term fluctuation of rubber prices, the demand of natural rubber has increased continuously with the increase in population and living standards of the human being. […]
Effect of free range poultry system on land use efficiency and floral diversity in Rubber plantations
Monday, December 10th, 2007B M D C Balasooriya, V H L Rodrigo, S M M Iqbal and D V S de S Gamage
Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, Veterinary Research Institute, Sri Lanka
Plantation crops like rubber were traditionally grown in monocultures to avoid any risk on their productivity. However, with the smallholder farmers being involved in rubber […]
Species diversity and forage value of herbage in a neglected coconut land proposed for livestock integration
Monday, December 10th, 2007L Kumanayaka, T Seresinhe, M de S Liyanage and I Pathirana
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Mapalana, Kamburupitiya, Sri Lanka.
The proposed coconut land is situated in the southern province, belongs to the land suitability class S4 which is moderately suitable for coconut. Therefore, managing coconut as monoculture is unprofitable and steps have been […]