Sri Lanka spends Rs. six billion for chemical fertilizer annually

Compost - image via WikipediaSri Lanka imports Rs 6 billion worth of chemical fertilizer to the country annually and the Government plans to curtail chemical imports by 25 percent in the next three years, Deputy Director (Research) and Executive Coordinator Ministry of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services, Prof. Hemantha Wijewardena said. A three year pilot project on organic fertilizer production and use, funded by the Treasury has been begun because it had been proved that use of chemical fertilizer alone cannot increase the yield in any crop. Research and development activities are carried out at the ...

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Posted in Agriculture , Compost , Fertilizer , Government , Kurunegala District , Soil , Sri Lanka

සිංහල පිටුව

ඉඩම් කොල්ලයට එරෙහි ආසියානු ගොවි තවලම ආසියානු හා අප‍්‍රිකානු රාජ්‍යන්ගේ කෘෂිකාර්මික ඉඩම් පැහැර ගැනීමට එරෙහිව ආසියානු ගැමි ගොවි සංධානය (APC) මෙහෙයවන ගොවි තවලම මේ වසරේ ජූලි මාසයේ සිට ඔක්තෝම්බර් මාසය දක්වා පැවැත්වීමට ඒ ඒ රටවල ගොවීහු සූදානම් වෙමින් සිටිති. වැඩිදුර කියවන්න උතුරේ පුරන් කුඹුරු 5000ක් අස්වද්දනවාලු (2009 ජුලි 13) උතුරු පළාතේ පුරන්ව ඇති කුඹුරු අක්‌කර 5000 ක්‌ පමණ මේ වසර තුළ නැවත වගා කිරීමට කෘෂිකර්ම සංවර්ධන හා ගොවිජන සේවා අමාත්‍යාංශය සැලසුම් කර ඇති බවද, මෙම කුඹුරු වගා කිරීම සඳහා අමාත්‍යාංශය රුපියල් මිලියන 75 ක මුදලක්‌ වෙන් කිරීමට සූදානම් වන අතර ගෙවතු වගා වැඩසටහන්, අතිරේක බෝග වගා කිරීම සඳහා ද අවධානය යොමුව තිබෙන බවද එකී අමාත්‍යංශයේ...

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Posted in කෘෂිකාර්මික පුවත් , ගෝලීයකරණය , සංවර්ධනය

Sri Lanka to build a coal power plant on land grabbed from Tamil civilians of Sampur Sri Lanka government is going ahead with the plan to set up a coal power plant in Sampur in Trincomalee district. The Minister of Power and Energy W. D. J. Senevirathna said in the parliament on June 23, 2009 that a Memorandum of Understanding will be signed with India in this regard Read more Workshop on Organizing Online Campaign for a Purpose LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 25: In this photo ill...Image by Getty Images via Daylife Movement for National Land and Agricultural Reforms has organized a Workshop on Organizing Online Campaign for a purpose on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 10 AM. Read m...

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Sri Lanka to build a coal power plant on land grabbed from Tamil civilians of Sampur

View Larger MapSri Lanka government is going ahead with the plan to set up a coal power plant in Sampur in Trincomalee district. The Minister of Power and Energy W. D. J. Senevirathna said in the parliament on June 23, 2009 that a Memorandum of Understanding will be signed with India in this regard. The 500 MW power plant, which is estimated to cost US$500 million, is expected to be running by 2012.The location chosen to set up the plant is a fertile land inhabited by the traditional Tamil villagers for many centuries. They were displaced in the military operations against the Tamil Tiger rebels. The government subsequently declared Sampur and...

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Posted in India , Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , Sampur , Sri Lanka , Trincomalee

Workshop on Organizing Online Campaign for a Purpose

Image by Getty Images via DaylifeMovement for National Land and Agricultural Reforms has organized a Workshop on Organizing Online Campaign for a purpose on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 10 AM. The Workshop discussion themes is as follows: What is an online campaign? Why is it important? What are the basic tools for an online campaign for a purpose? What are the low cast methods available? The importance of social networking How to maintain the campaign effectively ...

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Posted in Internet marketing , Search engine optimization , Technology , Web search engine

IMF may profit from bailouts

March 10, 2009 (The New York Times)WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund may turn a profit of almost $650 million next year, enriched mostly by emergency loans to East European countries, according to former IMF officials.The windfall would mark a $1 billion turnaround for an organization forecast two years ago to lose $360 million in 2010. Based on calculations in a 2007 study led by Andrew Crockett, the president of JPMorgan Chase International, interest and fees from at least $55 billion in new loans may refill IMF coffers depleted since the Asian financial crisis.Written off as increasingly irrelevant before the credit market turmoil started, the IMF is undergoing resurgence in money and influence as countries in recession turn to the world's lender of last resort."It is the ultimate...

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Posted in International Monetary Fund

MONLAR ACTIVITIES

MONLAR is handing over the petition of the Campaign for People’s Solutions to Food Crisis signed by 50,000 people and people's organizations on November 03, 10 AM at Nagarodaya Hall, Colombo. Asia wide Peasants Caravan for Land and Livelihood will commence on 20th of July in Sri Lanka. Launching ceremony which will be hosted by MONLAR and Vikalpani will be held in Peasant Information Center Kurunegala at 10.00 am. Read more Seminar on the dangers faced by the ‘Rice Culture of Asia’ 19th of July, 2009 at the Mehaweli Center Auditorium from 10.00 am – 02.30 pm Read more  Workshop on Organizing Online Campaign for a Purpose - June 24, 2009,...

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Posted in MONLAR , Sri Lanka

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ආහාර අර්බුදයක් නිෂ්පාදනය කිරීම

වෝල්ඩන් බෙලෝ, 2008 මැයි 15 පරිවර්තනය: සඳුන් තුඩුගල පසුගිය වසරේ මෙක්සිකෝවේ දී දස දහස් ගණනක් මිනිසුන් තමන්ගේ ප‍්‍රධානතම ආහාරවල මිල ගණන් 60% කින් ඉහළ යාමට විරෝධය පා වීදි බසිත්දී බොහෝ විශ්ලේෂකයන් විත්තිකරු බවට පත්කළේ ජෛව ඉන්ධන නිෂ්පාදනයයි. ඇමරිකානු රජයේ සහනාධාරයන් නිසා බොහෝ ඇමරිකානු ගොවීන් තමන්ගේ බඩ ඉරිඟු වගාවන් එතනෝල් නිෂ්පාදනය සඳහා යෙදවීමට පෙළඹුනහ. ආහාර සඳහා යොදා ගැනීමට තිබූ බඩ ඉරිඟු ඉන්ධන සඳහා යෙදවීම ආහාර මිල ඉහළ යාමට බලපෑ එක් සාධකයකි. නමුත් බහුජාතික අතරමැදියන් විසින් සම්පේ‍්‍රක්ෂණය කරනු ලැබූ ජෛව ඉන්ධන පිළිබඳ ඉල්ලූම ඊටත් වඩා තීරණාත්මක කාර්යයක් ඉටු කළේය. නමුත් බොහෝ දෙනාට මග හැරුණු වැදගත් ප‍්‍රශ්නයක් ඉතිරිව තිබේ. බඩ ඉරිඟු ප‍්‍රධාන ආහාරයක් වූ මෙක්සිකෝවේ...

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Posted in Food First , North American Free Trade Agreement , World Trade Organization

ABOUT MONLAR

Image by nishan.sl via FlickrVision and approach MONLAR’s vision of an alternative sustainable development is based on the concrete experiences of the adverse effects of attempts made to promote a “free market” export oriented growth model. Its analysis and vision is related to the vision of sustainable development emerging globally in response to the present crisis in development. MONLAR believes that the historical and the present role of women in sustaining livelihoods and their capacity to develop such alternatives should be recognized and strengthened. The approach adopted by MONLAR is to build national awareness in collaboration with organizations...

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Posted in Organization , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka Army , Sustainable development , World Bank