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1 Sri Lanka. Central Environmental Authority. Wetland Conservation Project. 1994. Wetland site report: Walauwawatta Waturana Swamp Forest. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CEA. x, 52p.
Wetlands ; Swamps ; Water resources ; Environmental effects ; Ecology ; Natural resources / Sri Lanka / Kalutara
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 574.5 G744 SRI Record No: H016020)
2 JICA. 1996. The feasibility study on the rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems in the river basins of Southern Sri Lanka - Volume I: Main report. Report prepared by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, in response to a request from the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. v.p.
Rehabilitation ; Modernization ; Irrigation programs ; Drainage ; River basin development ; Development projects ; Development plans ; Project design ; Feasibility studies ; Crop production ; Hydrology ; Farmers' associations ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Farmer participation ; Environmental effects ; Irrigation canals ; Construction costs ; Agricultural development ; Cropping systems ; Project appraisal ; Indicators ; Economic evaluation ; Agricultural policy ; Institutions ; Organizations ; Legislation ; Development policy ; Social aspects ; Marketing ; Rice ; Vegetables ; Fertilizers ; Crop yield ; Agricultural credit ; Benefits ; Water balance ; Reservoirs ; Female labor ; Malaria ; Bananas ; Maintenance ; Training / Sri Lanka / Kalutara / Matara / Hambantota / Liyangastota / Walawe Ganga / Muruthawela / Urbokka Oya / Kirama Oya / Badagiriya / Malala Oya / Kachigala Oya / Benthara Ganga / Polwatte Ganga / Thangalu Welyaya / Kirama Oya / Gal Oya / Uda Walawe
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.7 G744 JIC Record No: H024245)
3 JICA. 1996. The feasibility study on the rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems in the river basins of Southern Sri Lanka - Volume II: Appendixes-1 (Master plan study) Report prepared by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, in response to a request from the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. v.p.
Rehabilitation ; Modernization ; Irrigation programs ; Drainage ; River basin development ; Hydrology ; Development projects ; Development plans ; Project design ; Feasibility studies ; Regional development ; Economic aspects ; Construction costs ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Farmer participation ; Farmers' associations ; Rice ; Vegetables ; Water requirements ; Soyabeans ; Livestock ; Rural development ; Poverty ; Social aspects ; Environmental effects ; Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Water pollution ; Woman's status ; Climate ; Rain ; Reservoirs ; Irrigation canals ; Water distribution ; Water balance ; Cropping systems ; Irrigation engineering ; Agricultural development ; Institution building ; Agricultural policy ; Legislation ; Water quality ; Watersheds ; Project appraisal ; Indicators ; Economic evaluation / Sri Lanka / Kalutara / Matara / Hambantota / Liyangastota / Walawe Ganga / Muruthawela / Urbokka Oya / Kirama Oya / Badagiriya / Malala Oya / Kachigala Oya / Benthara Ganga / Polwatte Ganga / Thangalu Welyaya / Kirama Oya / Gal Oya / Uda Walawe / Gin Ganga / Nilwala Ganga
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.7 G744 JIC Record No: H024246)
4 JICA. 1996. The feasibility study on the rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems in the river basins of Southern Sri Lanka - Volume III: Appendixes-2 (Feasibility study) Report prepared by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, in response to a request from the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. v.p.
Rehabilitation ; Modernization ; Irrigation programs ; Drainage ; Irrigation canals ; River basin development ; Feasibility studies ; Construction costs ; Project appraisal ; Social aspects ; Land ownership ; Land tenure ; Women in development ; Legislation ; Agricultural economics ; Labor ; Population ; Education ; Statistics ; Rice ; Marketing ; Agricultural policy ; Agricultural development ; Cropping systems ; Farmers' associations ; Bananas ; Fertilizers / Sri Lanka / Kalutara / Matara / Hambantota / Liyangastota / Muruthawela / Urbokka Oya / Kirama Oya / Badagiriya / Uda Walawe
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.7 G744 JIC Record No: H024247)
5 JICA. 1996. The feasibility study on the rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems in the river basins of Southern Sri Lanka - Volume IV: Drawings. Report prepared by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, in response to a request from the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 96p.
Rehabilitation ; Modernization ; Irrigation programs ; Drainage ; Irrigation canals ; River basin development ; Feasibility studies / Sri Lanka / Kalutara / Matara / Hambantota / Liyangastota / Muruthawela / Urbokka Oya / Kirama Oya / Badagiriya / Walawe
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.7 G744 JIC Record No: H024248)
6 Sri Lanka. Ministry of Agriculture and Lands. Department of Agrarian Services. 2000. Data book for village irrigation schemes of Sri Lanka, Kalutara District. Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Department. Water Management Division. xii, 82p.
Irrigation programs ; Tanks ; River basins ; Soils ; Villages ; Farmers' associations / Sri Lanka / Kalutara
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5639 Record No: H027591)
7 Paranavitana, K. D.; de Silva, R. K. 2002. Maps and plans of Dutch Ceylon: A representative collection of cartography from the Dutch period. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Central Cultural Fund; Sri Lanka - Netherlands Association. viii, 187p. (A garland of seven buds)
Maps ; Geography ; History ; Canals ; Watercourses / Sri Lanka / Colombo / Negombo / Chilaw / Puttalam / Kalpitiya / Kalutara / Galle / Matara / Jaffna / Trincomalee / Batticaloa / Mannar / Kandy
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 912 G744 PAR Record No: H031091)
8 Italian National Institute of Health (ISS); Sri Lanka. Ministry of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uwa Wellassa Development. 2007. Evaluation of the socio-economic and health situation in selected districts affected by the Tsunami in Sri Lanka. 328p. + CD of annexes.
Tsunamis ; Health ; Drinking water ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Households ; Surveys ; Diseases ; Population ; Income ; Housing / Sri Lanka / Galle / Matara / Kalutara / Trincomalee
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.3494 G744 ITA Record No: H043690)
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9 Sri Lanka. Ministry of Finance and Planning, Department of Census and Statistics. 2012. Bulletin of selected retail and producer prices 2008-2011. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka. Ministry of Finance and Planning, Department of Census and Statistics. 246p.
Economic aspects ; Retail prices ; Consumer prices ; Food prices ; Agricultural production ; Consumer behaviour ; Households ; Livestock products ; Rice ; Fishery products ; Surveys ; Statistics / Sri Lanka / Colombo / Gampaha / Kalutara / Kandy / Nuwara Eliya / Galle / Matara / Hambantota / Jaffna / Manna / Vavuniya / Mullativu / Killinochci / Batticaloa / Ampara / Trincomalee / Kurunegala / Puttalam / Anuradhapura / Polonnaruwa / Badulla / Moneragala / Ratnapura / Kegalla
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 310 G744 SRI Record No: H046288)
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10 Damayanthi, M. K. N.; Champika, P. A. J. 2014. An evaluation of Samurdhi banks in poverty alleviation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI). 88p. (HARTI Research Report 165)
Poverty ; Cooperative banks ; Performance evaluation ; Microfinance ; Development projects ; Households ; Income ; Bank loans ; Policy ; Socioeconomic environment ; Rural areas / Sri Lanka / Kalutara / Ratnapura / Monaragala / Anuradhapura / Kurunegala / Batticaloa / Vavuniya / Jaffna
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 334.2 G744 DAM Record No: H046642)
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11 Amarasinghe, A. G. 2014. Impacts of global warming on coastal environment: the case of South western coastal sector in Sri Lanka. Soba Parisara Prakashanaya, 23(1):18-19.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8152 Record No: H046655)
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12 Gunawardena, J.; Muthuwatta, Lal; Fernando, M. J. J.; Rathnayake, S.; Rodrigo, T. M. A. S. K.; Gunawardena, A. (Eds.) 2015. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Environment Management and Planning, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, 23-24 February 2015. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Central Environmental Authority (CEA). 55p.
Environmental management ; Forest plantations ; Drug plants ; Tea ; Rubber industry ; Agroforestry ; Biodiversity ; Wildlife ; Freshwater ; Water quality ; Groundwater pollution ; Water deficit ; Land use ; Paddy fields ; Constructed wetlands ; Carbon ; Meteorology ; Models ; Satellite surveys ; GIS ; Remote sensing ; Maps ; Soil salinity ; Erosion ; Sand ; Solar radiation ; Watersheds ; Aquifers ; River basins ; Tanks ; Energy generation ; Bioremediation ; Waste management ; Performance evaluation ; Toxic substances ; Pollutant load ; Noise pollution ; Denitrification ; Leachates ; Biofertilizers ; Aquatic insects ; Food production ; Fishing ; Farmers ; Vegetable growing ; Vermicomposting ; Health hazards ; Malaria ; Case studies ; Arid zones ; Coastal area ; Coral reefs / Sri Lanka / India / Tangalle / Vavuniya / Jaffna / Killinochchi / Mullaitivu / Mannar / Kalpitiya / Colombo / Kalutara / Matara / Weligama / Badulla / Upper Mahaweli Catchment / Paraviwella Reef / Vairavapuliyankulam Tank / Kelani River / Himalayan Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046899)
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13 Samarasinha, G. G. de L. W.; Bandara, M. A. C. S.; Karunarathna, A. K. 2015. Municipal solid waste composting: potentials and constraints.
Urban wastes ; Solid wastes ; Composting ; Organic fertilizers ; Local authorities ; Urban areas ; Waste management ; Recycling ; Land use ; Nutrients ; Heavy metals ; Marketing ; Economic analysis ; Case studies / Sri Lanka / Weligama / Bandaragama / Kaduwela / Kalutara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.728 G744 SAM Record No: H047984)
14 Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Aheeyar, Mohamed; Drechsel, Pay. 2021. Reuse of food waste as animal feed in Sri Lanka. In Malathy, P.; Kajanthy, S.; Rukshani, P.; Sarmatha, P. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Vavuniya University International Research Conference (VUIRC) 2021 on Human Empowerment Through Research Excellence, Virtual Conference, 15 October 2021. Vavuniya, Sri Lanka: University of Vavuniya. pp.51-55.
Food wastes ; Reuse ; Livestock feed ; Organic wastes ; Regulations ; Safety ; Guidelines ; Piggeries ; Farmers ; Periurban areas / Sri Lanka / Colombo / Gampaha / Kalutara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050788)
https://vau.ac.lk/VUIRC-2021/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/VUIRC-Proceedings.pdf#page=78
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050788.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050788.pdf
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The use of food waste (FW) from food services as animal feed through informal agreements has been in practice for many years in Sri Lanka. However, data to show the scale of this practice are inadequate. This paper aims to study the extent of FW diverted to piggeries and the opportunities and challenges in reusing FW as animal feed. The data were collected via telephonic survey from 24 piggery farmers in the Western Province in May 2020. Results revealed that 50% of farmers were rearing 100-300 pigs. Farmers used FW as a major feed source to satisfy 82% of total feed requirement on an average. About 40% of the farmers collected the FW from multiple sources such as hotels, restaurants and canteens. Given that the piggery farms are located in peri-urban areas, the average distance traveled by the farmers is 38 km up and down which indicated the value of FW for them. FW was supplied mostly free of charge; however, 26% of the farmers pay LKR 2 to 40/kg when supplied by intermediaries. FW was collected daily, and the amount collected by the farmers varies 50 to 10000 kg/day depending on demand and supply, with 75% of farmers collected less than 1000 kg/day.
15 Roy, E. D.; Esham, M.; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Otoo, M.; Koliba, C.; Wijethunga, I. B.; Fein-Cole, M. J. 2021. Compost quality and markets are pivotal for sustainability in circular food-nutrient systems: a case study of Sri Lanka. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5:748391. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.748391]
Composting ; Product quality ; Markets ; Food systems ; Nutrients ; Sustainability ; Circular economy ; Urban wastes ; Solid wastes ; Food wastes ; Waste management ; Biodegradable products ; Organic fertilizers ; Standards ; Policies ; Stakeholders ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Case studies / Sri Lanka / Colombo / Galle / Gampaha / Kalutara / Ratnapura
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050801)
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.748391/pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050801.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050801.pdf
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Sustainable management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a critical issue around the world, especially in South Asia where waste generation is expected to double by 2050. Closing the food-nutrient cycle through composting biodegradable MSW has the potential to meet human needs, including sanitation and food security, while protecting the environment. We use an interdisciplinary case study approach including systems thinking to assess Sri Lanka’s national MSW composting system, which primarily receives residential and commercial food waste. We embed quantitative compost quality analysis and interviews at 20 composting facilities within a broader qualitative assessment informed by ~60 stakeholders in total. This approach yields insights on how institutional, economic, social, and biophysical aspects of the system are interrelated, and how challenges and solutions can create undesirable and desirable cascading effects, respectively. Such dynamics can create risks of composting facility failure and unintended consequences, diminishing the chances of achieving a sustainable circular food–nutrient system. Compost quality, which was variable, plays a pivotal role within the system—a function of program design and implementation, as well as a determinant of value capture in a circular economy. We make several recommendations to inform future efforts to sustainably manage biodegradable MSW using composting, drawing on our case study of Sri Lanka and prior case studies from other nations. Key among these is the need for increased emphasis on compost product quality and markets in policy and program design and implementation. Targeted measures are needed to improve waste separation, boost compost quality, effectively use compost standards, encourage compost market development, ringfence the revenues generated at municipal compost plants, and identify efficient modes of compost distribution. Such measures require adequate space and infrastructure for composting, resource investment, local expertise to guide effective system management, strong links with the agriculture sector, and continued political support.
16 Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Aheeyar, Mohamed; Drechsel, Pay. 2022. Food waste to livestock feed: prospects and challenges for swine farming in peri-urban Sri Lanka. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2(4):1301-1315. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-022-00168-8]
Food wastes ; Livestock feed ; Swine feeding ; Piggeries ; Periurban areas ; Circular economy ; Recycling ; Reuse ; Regulations ; Biosafety ; Business models ; Food security ; Farmers / Sri Lanka / Western Province / Colombo / Gampaha / Kalutara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051036)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s43615-022-00168-8.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051036.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051036.pdf
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Using farm animals for their natural capability of “recycling” food waste (FW) that is unfit for direct human consumption can support a circular economy as shown in the case of Sri Lanka’s Western Province. The reuse of organic residues including FW as animal feed is a traditional agricultural practice in Sri Lanka but is less studied within an urban FW context. A survey of piggeries using FW in and around the rapidly urbanizing city of Colombo showed that FW is a major feed source in the farms accounting for on average 82% of total feed. About 40% of the farms collected the FW mainly from hotels, restaurants, and institutional canteens. Urban FW is supplied to farmers free of charge when collected directly from the sources, although 26% of the farmers collected FW via intermediaries against a fee. As FW is collected daily, the restaurants appreciate the reliable service, the farmers the low-cost feed, and the municipality the reduced FW volumes to be collected. However, this triple-win situation encounters challenges such as (tourist related) seasonal low supply, which was exacerbated under the Covid-19 lockdown of food services. Another area of concern refers to biosafety. Although the large majority of interviewed farmers boil FW which contains raw meat or fish, there is a paucity of related guidelines and control. Given the benefits of FW use, it is worthwhile to explore how far these informal partnerships could be scaled without increasing transport costs for farmers, while introducing biosafety monitoring. For now, the regulatory environment is highly siloed and does not support material transitions across sector boundaries towards a circular economy.
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