By now, Sri Lanka has reached a self-sufficient level of rice, but it has not been possible to get the same level of harvest from all the paddy fields across the island. The average yield of paddy ...

A rice crisis has recently emerged in Sri Lanka, and the government has failed to provide a solution. Rice is our staple food ...

Methane emissions, a significant contributor to global warming, have been reduced by 40 per cent in fields adopting the AWD system. In Sri Lanka, studies note that the average methane emission rate in ...

Methane emissions, a major contributor to global warming, have been reduced by 40% in fields using the system. In Sri Lanka, studies show methane emissions in flooded paddy fields average 570 mg/ha, ...

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Sri Lanka, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Nallathambi Mahendran walked through his four acres of emerald green paddy fields in northern Sri Lanka's Kilinochchi district, indicating the height the plants ...

While he readied the field, I would run behind him, getting my feet muddy. Once or twice, I helped him plant seedlings. The earliest stone carving of paddy cultivation in Sri Lanka dates back to ...

standing in the middle of a dusty field near Anamaduwa, a town in north western Sri Lanka, clutching a fistful of straw-like paddy stems with hollow rice kernels. "We haven't had enough rain since ...

Sri Lanka is one of the world’s most mesmerising ... The scenery changes often: rippling emerald paddy fields, ornate temples and Buddha statues turn to manicured tea gardens, steamy rainforests ...