The practice and effects of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Sri Lanka

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-23

  Namara, Regassa ^a   Bossio, Deborah ^b   Weligamage, Parakrama ^b   Herath, Indika ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Agronomic analyses; Rice; Soil analyses; Water management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRONOMY; PADDY FARMING; RICE; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; YIELD;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 40949091998     PISSN: 00498599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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