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1 Wijayaratna, C. M. 1997. Shared management of watershed resources: A collaborative effort by the government, NGOs, small farmers, and scientists. Unpublished report, IIMI - SCOR Project. iii, 22p.
Watershed management ; Participatory management ; Irrigation management ; Farmer participation ; Non-governmental organizations ; Participatory rural appraisal ; Hydroelectric schemes ; Development projects ; Economic analysis / Sri Lanka / North Central Province / Huruluwewa / Southern Province / Nilwala / Aninkanda
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.8 G744 WIJ Record No: H020473)
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2 Damayanthi, M. K. N.; Nanayakkara, V. K. 2008. Impact of the provincial council system on the smallholder agriculture in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI). 156p. (HARTI Research Study 126)
Smallholders ; Agricultural development ; Irrigation ; Decentralization ; Legal aspects ; Institutions ; Land administration ; Agricultural research ; Livestock ; Farmers / Sri Lanka / North western Province / North eastern Province / Uva Province / Southern Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630 G744 DAM, e-copy SF Record No: H043792)
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3 Athuraliya, N. T. C.; Abeysekera, T. D. J.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie.; Kumarasiri, R.; Bandara, P.; Karunaratne , U.; Milton, A. H.; Jones, A. L. 2011. Uncertain etiologies of proteinuric-chronic kidney disease in rural Sri Lanka. Kidney International, 80(11):1212-1221. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.2011.258]
Public health ; Kidney diseases ; Rural areas ; Proteinuria ; Aetiology ; Risks ; Models ; Surveys ; Wastewater ; Contamination ; Water pollution / Sri Lanka / North Central Province / Central Province / Southern Province / Medawachchiya / Yatinuwara / Hambantota
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044372)
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The global prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) of uncertain etiology may be underreported. Communitylevel epidemiological studies are few due to the lack of national registries and poor focus on the reporting of noncommunicable diseases. Here we describe the prevalence of proteinuric-CKD and disease characteristics of three rural populations in the North Central, Central, and Southern Provinces of Sri Lanka. Patients were selected using the random cluster sampling method and those older than 19 years of age were screened for persistent dipstick proteinuria. The prevalence of proteinuric-CKD in the Medawachchiya region (North Central) was 130 of 2600 patients, 68 of 709 patients in the Yatinuwara region (Central), and 66 of 2844 patients in the Hambantota region (Southern). The mean ages of these patients with CKD ranged from 44 to 52 years. Diabetes and long-standing hypertension were the main risk factors of CKD in the Yatinuwara and Hambantota regions. Age, exceeding 60 years, and farming were strongly associated with proteinuric-CKD in the Medawachchiya region; however, major risk factors were uncertain in 87% of these patients. Of these patients, 26 underwent renal biopsy; histology indicated tubulointerstitial disease. Thus, proteinuric-CKD of uncertain etiology is prevalent in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. In contrast, known risk factors were associated with CKD in the Central and Southern Provinces.
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