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1 Brown, D. J. 1997. Science vs. shifting cultivation in Sri Lanka: A social study of agricultural science. Thesis submitted to the Department of Geography, Graduate School, Pennsylvania State University, USA, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science. x, 142p.
Traditional farming ; Farming systems ; Shifting cultivation ; Dry farming ; Agricultural production ; Crop production ; History ; Colonialism ; Policy ; Rural development ; Geography ; Forestry ; Institution building ; Agricultural research ; Settlement ; Weed control ; Soil fertility / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: D 338.1 G744 BRO Record No: H021758)
2 Ekanayake, R. 1990. Sustainability of village tank based agricultural systems in dry zone Sri Lanka. Unpublished report of an on-going research, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. 7p.
Agricultural economics ; Arid zones ; Tank irrigation ; Rice ; Villages ; Sustainability ; Agricultural research ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Vihara Bulankulama / Maha Thammannakulama
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4485 Record No: H020463)
3 International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 1997. Cascade reports with specific recommendations for minor tanks. [Report on the project] Identification of Hydrologically Endowed Small Tanks for Rehabilitation and Agrowell Development Potential in the Cascades of Anuradhapura District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 82p.
Rehabilitation ; Tank irrigation ; Surveys / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Padawiya / Kebithigollewa / Medawachchiya / Nuwaragam Palatha / Maha Wilachchiya / Mihintale / Rambewa / Kahatagasdigiliya / Horowpathana / Galenbindunuwewa / Thirappane / Palugaswewa / Palagala
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.7 G744 IIM Record No: H021245)
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4 Gunadasa, J. M.; Wickramasekara, P.; Herath, H. M. G. 1981. A benefit-cost evaluation of village tank rehabilitation in Sri Lanka. Unpublished project report. University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. vi, 90p.
Tank irrigation ; Rehabilitation ; Villages ; Cost benefit analysis ; Labor ; Economic evaluation / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Kurunegala District / Nawakkulama Tank / Lulnewa Tank / Kunuragama Tank / Kandulugamuwa Tank / Nelunkanuwa Tank / Adampane Tank / Nelumpathwewa Tank / Handawelpola Tank / Panakaduwa Tank
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4769 Record No: H022119)
5 Vimaladharma, K. P. 1993. Agriswiss experience in participatory management of irrigation projects in Sri Lanka. Paper presented at Seminar on Agriswiss M & E Project Experiences, ARTI, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 31 January 1994. 33p.
Irrigation programs ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Rehabilitation ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Farmer participation ; Farmers' associations ; Irrigation canals ; Open channels ; Maintenance ; Planning ; Water measurement ; Farm surveys / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Rajangana / Nachchaduwa / Huruluwewa
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: P 4799 Record No: H022157)
6 Sri Lanka. Department of Census and Statistics. 1996. Agricultural crops and livestock 1993/94: Anuradhapura District preliminary report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Department. 97p.
Statistics ; Agricultural production ; Crop production ; Food production ; Livestock / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.212 G744 SRI Record No: H023004)
7 Konradsen, F.; Matsuno, Y.; Amerasinghe, F. P.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; van der Hoek, W. 1998. Anopheles culicifacies breeding in Sri Lanka and options for control through water management. Acta Tropica, 71:131-138.
Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Disease vectors ; Anopheles culicifacies ; Public health ; Control methods ; Water management ; Environmental effects ; Reservoir operation ; Irrigation canals ; Water measurement / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Mahameegaswewa Village / Yan Oya
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 KON Record No: H023568)
8 Sakthivadivel, R.; Brewer, J. D. 1999. Water resources development planning in a basin context in the absence of good hydrologic data: an example from Sri Lanka. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 15(1/2):73-91.
Irrigation programs ; Simulation models ; Farmer participation ; Planning ; Rehabilitation ; Tanks ; Hydrology ; Evaluation ; Runoff ; Estimation / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Makichchawa Cascade
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H024206)
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9 Dharmasena, P. B.; Goodwill, I. M. 1999. Use of groundwater in minor tank irrigation schemes of Sri Lanka. In ICID, 17th Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Granada, Spain, 1999: Water for Agriculture in the Next Millennium - Transactions, Vol.1D, Q.48, Poster Session: Irrigation under conditions of water scarcity: Q.48.2: Techniques to promote water saving in irrigation; 48.3: Conjunctive use of surface and ground water; 48.5: Environmental implications of water scarcity conditions. New Delhi, India: ICID. pp.175-194.
Tank irrigation ; Water shortage ; Water balance ; Groundwater ; Wells ; Climate ; Land use / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Nachchaduwa Tank / Siwalakulama Watershed / Puliyankulama
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: ICID 631.7 G000 ICI Record No: H025180)
10 Navaratne, W. M. U.; Gunawardena, E. R. N. 1999. Verification of design parameters for operational studies of minor tanks in the dryzone. In Peiris, S. E. (Ed.), Tropical agricultural research. Vol.11, 1999. Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: PGIA. pp.1-18.
Tank irrigation ; Water potential ; Rehabilitation ; Water balance ; Flow discharge ; Rain ; Evaporation ; Percolation ; Seepage ; Water storage ; Flumes ; Water measurement ; Water loss ; Water availability ; Irrigation water / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Ulankulama / Meegassagama
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.72 G744 PEI Record No: H026311)
11 Twigg, J.; Bhatt, M. R. (Eds.) 1998. Understanding vulnerability: South Asian perspectives. London, UK: Intermediate Technology Publications, on behalf of Duryog Nivaran. vii, 84p.
Natural disasters ; Rural sociology ; Rural women ; Drought ; Climate ; Households ; Mountains ; Villages ; Poverty ; Peasants ; Watersheds ; Land use ; Irrigated farming ; Arid lands ; Case studies / South Asia / India / Sri Lanka / Nepal / Ahmedabad / Anuradhapura District / Mahameegaswewa / Okhaldhunga / Rampur Village
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 363.34 G570 TWI Record No: H026831)
12 Sri Lanka. Ministry of Health; WHO. 2001. A five year strategic plan for roll back malaria in Sri Lanka, 2001-2005. Unpublished report. iv, 56p.
Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Public health ; Policy ; Strategy planning ; Strategic management ; Human resources ; Villages / Sri Lanka / Uva Province / Moneragala District / North-Central Province / Anuradhapura District / North-East Province / Jaffna District / Kilinochchi District / Mullaitivu District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5621 Record No: H027442)
13 van der Molen, I. 2001. An assessment of female participation in minor irrigation systems of Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (IWMI Working Paper 008) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.142]
Irrigation management ; Small scale systems ; Water scarcity ; Participatory management ; Women ; Gender ; Households ; Farmers' associations ; Decision making ; Leadership ; Land ownership ; Paddy Fields ; Rehabilitation ; Constraints / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7088042 G744 VAN Record No: H027767)
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Analyses the participation of female farmers in the farmer organizations (FO) of minor irrigation systems and identifies factors that hamper the participation of women in decision-making processes with regard to land, cultivation and irrigation. The paper argues that participation does not necessarily result in equity and that other forms of equity interact with gender inequity in the FOs.
14 van der Hoek, W.; Konradsen, F.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; Perera, D.; Piyaratne, M. K.; Amerasinghe, F. P. 2003. Towards a risk map of malaria for Sri Lanka: The importance of house location relative to vector breeding sites. International Journal of Epidemiology, 32(2):280-285.
Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Disease vectors ; Risks ; Villages / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Yan Oya
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 616.9362 G744 VAN Record No: H030983)
Background: In Sri Lanka, the major malaria vector Anopheles culicifacies breeds in pools formed in streams and river beds and it is likely that people living close to such breeding sites are at higher risk of malaria than people living further away. This study was done to quantify the importance of house location relative to vector breeding sites for the occurrence of malaria in order to assess the usefulness of this parameter in future malaria risk maps. Such risk maps could be important tools for planning efficient malaria control measures. Methods -- In a group of seven villages in north central Sri Lanka, malaria cases were compared with community controls for distance from house to breeding sites and a number of other variables, including type of housing construction and use of anti-mosquito measures. The presence of An. culicifacies in bedrooms was determined by indoor insecticide spray collections.Results -- People living within 750 m of the local stream, which was the established vector-breeding site, were at much higher risk for malaria than people living further away (odds ratio adjusted for confounding by other variables 5.93, 95% CI: 3.50–8.91). Houses close to the stream also had more adult An. culicifacies in the bedrooms. Poor housing construction was an independent risk factor for malaria.Conclusions -- Risk maps of malaria in Sri Lanka can be based on the location of houses relative to streams and rivers that are potential breeding sites for the malaria vector An. culicifacies. A distance of 750 m is suggested as the cut-off point in defining low- and high-risk villages.
15 Dias, K. M. G. D. N.; Indraratne, S. P.; Seneviratne, H. N.; Edirisinghe, A. G. H. J. 2003. Influence of soil properties on cracking of earth dams in Sri Lanka. Tropical Agricultural Research, 15:27-38.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6632 Record No: H033443)
16 Matsuno, Y.; Tasumi, M.; van der Hoek, W.; Sakthivadivel, R.; Otsuki, K. 2003. Analysis of return flows in a tank cascade system in Sri Lanka. Paddy and Water Environment, 1:173-181.
Tank irrigation ; Reservoirs ; Rice ; Water balance ; Canals ; Water budget ; Seepage / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G744 MAT Record No: H033968)
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17 Pathmarajah, S. (Ed.) 2003. Use of groundwater for agriculture in Sri Lanka: Proceedings of a symposium. Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: Agricultural Engineering Society of Sri Lanka (AESSL); University of Peradeniya. Faculty of Agriculture. Department of Agricultural Engineering. v, 140p.
Groundwater irrigation ; Aquifers ; Wells ; Pumps ; Groundwater development ; Recharge ; Models ; Water quality ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Irrigation programs ; Productivity ; Case studies ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Arid zones ; Surface water / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Trincomalee District / Batticaloa District
(Location: IWMI-HQ, IWMI-INDIA Call no: 631.7.6.3 G744 PAT Record No: H034604)
18 Perera, A. P. G. R. L.; Wijekoon, D. V. K.; Seneviratna, A. A. A. K. K. 2003. Water quality of agro-wells in the Anuradhapura District. In Pathmarajah, S. (Ed.), Use of groundwater for agriculture in Sri Lanka: Proceedings of a symposium. Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: Agricultural Engineering Society of Sri Lanka (AESSL); University of Peradeniya. Faculty of Agriculture. Department of Agricultural Engineering. pp.74-84.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.3 G744 PAT Record No: H034612)
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19 Aheeyar, M. M. M.; Ariyabandu, R. de. S. 2003. Socio-economic issues pertinent to agro-well farming in Sri Lanka. In Pathmarajah, S. (Ed.), Use of groundwater for agriculture in Sri Lanka: Proceedings of a symposium. Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: Agricultural Engineering Society of Sri Lanka (AESSL); University of Peradeniya. Faculty of Agriculture. Department of Agricultural Engineering. pp.119-132.
Wells ; Groundwater irrigation ; Productivity / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Kurunegala District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.3 G744 PAT Record No: H034616)
20 Tennakoon, D. 2000. Dimensions of rural poverty in Sri Lanka: The use of poverty indicators and the poverty pyramid for agricultural and rural development in the smallholder sector in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: HARTI. xx, 297p. (HARTI Thesis Series No.1)
Poverty ; Indicators ; Rural development ; Agricultural development ; Agricultural policy ; Households ; Income ; Case studies ; Labor ; Employment / Sri Lanka / Ratnapura / Anuradhapura District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 339.46 G744 TEN Record No: H035314)
Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin University, Australia
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