Agriculture and Rural Development in Sri Lanka
Subtitle: A Felicitation volume in Honour of Dr. S M P Senanayake
Publisher: Development Resource Centre (DRC), University of Colombo
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 474
Description: Agriculture has been the centre of gravity of economic, social, political , and cultural activities of the Sri Lankan society from time immemorial. It used to evolve for centuries, while  maintaining its own delicate equilibrium of natural environment and human activities before the invasion of commercial forces during the colonial period. Still agriculture and rural sectors dominate in many areas of the economy although historical delicate balance is no longer there. 
   
This book is published in honour of Dr. S.M.P. Senanayake, former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and former Head of the Department of Economics of the University of Colombo on his retirement from the University and other public sector organizations after more than three decades of exemplary service.
 
The theme of the volume, agriculture and rural development in Sri Lanka, has been selected in keeping with his research interests and contributions to economics literature. Both agriculture and rural sectors in Sri Lanka are now passing through a turbulent period due to some internally generated and externally imposed factors. His intellectual contribution and vision on these two sectors are extremely relevant now than ever before to address a host of  issues in agriculture and rural sector of the economy.
Table of contents: title: Agricultural Globalization, WTO Policies and Domestic Agriculture in  Sri Lanka; title: G.M.Henegedara; title: Intergenerational Dynamics in Agriculture as an Economic Activity; title: Bilesha Weeraratne and Takuya Hasebe; title: The Case for Liberalization of Tea Imports for Increasing Value Addition and Enhancing Tea Exports of Sri Lanka; title: Saman Kelegama; title: Climate Change and Agriculture: Cold Truths about Hot Issues; title: Deepthi Wickramasinghe; title: Future Role for Agriculture in Sri Lanka’s Economic Development; title: Nimal Sandaratne; title: Neo-Liberal Policy Impact on Plantation Agriculture in Sri Lanka; title: U. P. P. Serasinghe; title: The Global Food Crisis and Food Insecurity in Sri Lanka; title: W.G. Somaratne; title: Changing Development Models, Post-war International Development and Developing Country Needs; title: Siri Gamage; title: Cluster and Networks for Small Enterprises: A Literature Review; title: S.P.Premaratne; title: Ruralisation of the Countryside; title: J.A.Karunaratne; title: Poverty/Governance Nexus and its Relationship to the Status of the Small Farm Agriculture Sector in Sri Lanka.; title: Fredrick Abeyratne; title: Agriculture Livelihoods and IDPs in Sri Lanka; title: K.Amirthalingam and R.W.D. Lakshman; title: Domestic Agriculture and Food Security; title: Anura Ekanayake; title: Agricultural Information for Food Production; title: W. Wimalaratana; title: Economic Impact of Subsurface Drip Irrigation System on the Livelihood of Small Scale Farming Families in Moneragala and Hambantota Districts in Sri Lanka; title: Ranjith Bandara; title: Long-Term Outlook for Non-Plantation Agriculture in the Macroeconomic Context; title: Sirimevan Colombage