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1 Weligamage, P.. 1998. Developing a domestic water scarcity index in a multiple water source situation. Paper 34 of Session 17. In International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). National Water Conference on Status and Future Directions of Water Research in Sri Lanka, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 4-6 November 1998. Session 16: Watershed management III; Session 17: Water scarcity; Session 18: Efficient irrigation. Research papers presented. 13p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G744 INT Record No: H023541)
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2 Ranaweera, N. F. C.; Weligamage, P.; Niranjan, S. K. D. F. F. (Eds.) 1999. South Asian Preferential Trading Agreement (SAPTA) and its implications on plantation crops sector of Sri Lanka: Proceedings of a workshop held at the Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka, Talawakele, on 8th March 1999. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CARP. xi, 74p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G570 RAN Record No: H026003)
3 Barker, R.; Samad, M.; Weligamage, P.; Kikuchi, M. 2001. Comparative advantage in rice production: Policy options facing Sri Lanka. Economic Review, 27(8-9):27-30.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5977, IWMI 631.7.8 G744 BAR Record No: H029670)
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4 Kikuchi, M.; Barker, R.; Weligamage, P.; Samad, M. 2002. Irrigation sector in Sri Lanka: recent investment trends and the development path ahead. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). vi, 48p. (IWMI Research Report 062) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.068]
Irrigated farming ; Public investment ; Private investment ; Cropping systems ; Water management ; Rehabilitation ; Operating costs ; Maintenance costs ; Wells ; Pumps / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.4 G744 KIK Record No: H030846)
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Increasing the area under irrigation and the widespread adoption of seed-fertilizer technology were the major factors that contributed to enhanced rice production in Sri Lanka, enabling the country to achieve self-sufficiency in rice. In recent years, there has been a shift in emphasis from expanding the irrigated land base to enhancing the productivity of irrigated land through diversification of agriculture and improvement of rice production, with better water management in irrigation schemes. This report attempts to assess how the irrigation sector in Sri Lanka is adapting itself to these new challenges. It analyzes the future direction of irrigation in Sri Lanka in light of recent trends in public and private investment in this sphere, and the revolution in groundwater development brought about by the poor performance and gradual deterioration of existing irrigation schemes.
5 Kikuchi, M.; Barker, R.; Samad, M.; Weligamage, P.. 2002. Comparative advantage of rice production in an ex-rice-importing country: The case of Sri Lanka, 1968-97. In Acharya, S. S.; Singh, S.; Sagar, V. (Eds.), Sustainable agriculture, poverty and food security: Agenda for Asian economies - Volume 1. New Delhi, India: Rawat Publications. pp.356-380.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.19 G570 ACH, IWMI 633.18 G744 KIK Record No: H030861)
6 Kikuchi, M.; Barker, R.; Samad, M.; Weligamage, P.. 2002. Comparative advantage of rice production in Sri Lanka with special reference to irrigating costs. In Sombilla, M.; Hossain, M.; Hardy, B. (Eds.), Developments in the Asian rice Economy. Los Banos, Philippines: IRRI. pp.343-368.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G570 SOM, IWMI 631.7.4 G744 KIK Record No: H031926)
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7 Kikuchi, M.; Weligamage, P.; Barker, R.; Samad, M.; Kono, H.; Somaratne, H. M. 2003. Agro-well and pump diffusion in the dry zone of Sri Lanka: past trends, present status and future prospects. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 48p. (IWMI Research Report 066) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.021]
Wells ; Construction technology ; Pumps ; Arid zones ; Investment ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigation programs ; Rice ; Estimation ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Investment / Sri Lanka / Kalpitiya
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G744 KIK Record No: H032520)
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The use of shallow wells, equipped with small pumps, to lift groundwater has spread rapidly in many agricultural regions of tropical monsoonal Asia. In Sri Lanka, the rapid and pervasive invasion of agro-wells and pumps drew the attention of policymakers and researchers, but many questions were left unanswered due to lack of research in the area. This study aims to fill this gap in knowledge, based on observations and data obtained in field surveys conducted in major and minor irrigation schemes in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. This report gives the key findings of this study into the pattern, extent and causes of the spread and use of agro-wells and pumps in traditional villages and irrigated settlement schemes. It investigates farmer investments in agro-wells and pumps, the private internal rate of return to these investments, the economic viability of investments and incentives for farmers to make investments
8 Namara, R. E.; Weligamage, P.; Barker, R. 2003. The prospects of system of rice intensification adoption in Sri Lanka: A microeconomic and sociopolitical perspective. In ICID Asian Regional Workshop, Sustainable Development of Water Resources and Management and Operation of Participatory Irrigation Organizations, November 10-12, 2003, The Grand Hotel, Taipei. Vol.1. Taipei, Taiwan: ICID. pp.330-356.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: ICID 631.7.2 G570 ICI Record No: H033356)
9 Kikuchi, M.; Weligamage, P.; Barker, R.; Samad, M.; Kono, H.; Somarathna, H. M. 2003. Agro-well and pump in irrigation schemes in the dry zone of Sri Lanka: Past diffusion, present status and future prospects. 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.108-118.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.3 G744 PAT Record No: H034615)
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