The electronic version of the Tropical Agricultural Research Volume 22, Number 3, 2011

ISSN: 1016.1422

 
 

Research Articles

Page

1.

Dynamics of Social Capital among Resource Poor Rural Women

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K.P. Raghuprasad, N.R. Gangadharappa and U. Ravindra

 

2

Consumption, Solid Waste Generation and Water Pollution in Pinga Oya Catchment area

239

 

M.T.M. Mahees, C. Sivayoganathan and B.F.A. Basnayake

 

3

Strategies for Competitive Advantage in Value Added Tea Marketing

251

H.M.U.N. Herath and S. De Silva

 

4

Weed Management by Rice Straw Mulching in Direct Seeded Lowland Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

263

D.A.U.D. Devasinghe, K.P. Premarathne and U.R. Sangakkara

 

5

Performance Evaluation of Four Wheel Tractor Driven High Capacity Combined Paddy Thresher

273

G.V.T.V. Weerasooriya, M.H.M.A. Bandara and M. Rambanda

 

 

6

Simulation of Trough Withering of Tea using One Dimensional Heat and Mass Transfer Finite Difference Model

282

W.S. Botheju, K.S.P. Amarathunge and I.S.B. Abeysinghe

 

 

7

Does Social Capital Matter in the Well-Being of Rural People? : A Study in the Central Province of Sri Lanka

296

K.W.H.A.N. Somaratne, O.G. Dayaratne and H.V.A. Wickramasuriya

 

8

Initiation of Development of an Early Warning System to Locate “Pockets of Child Undernutrition” at District Level

305

D.M.U.A.J.K. Dassanayake and D.G.N.G. Wijesinghe

 

9

Production and Economic Characteristics of Intensive and Semi-Intensive Dairy Cattle Management Systems in Vegetable Based Farming System in Welimada, Sri Lanka

314


 

D.M.D.S. Bandara, S. Premaratne and C.M.B. Dematawewa

 
Short Communications
10

Phenotypic Variation in Village and Wild Pigs in Sri Lank

324
  E. Subalini, G.L.L.P. Silva and C.M.B. Demetawewa  
11

Microfinance and Livelihood Development in Poor Coastal Communities in Eastern Sri Lanka

330

  M. Thilepan and S. Thiruchelvam