11th March 2019, economynext.com The World Bank Monday approved a 125 million US dollar loan for Sri Lanka to help small farmers improve resilience and productivity with improved crop varieties, cropping patterns and water resources management. The program will benefit more than 470,000 small farmers in six provinces in the dry zone […]
weather.com, 23rd February 23 2018, By Pam Wright Comments from researchers at a recent conference on health and climate change aligned with World Health Organization’s predictions. According to WHO, 250,000 people will die each year as a result of climate change. Death rates as a result of climate change could top a […]
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www.reuters.com, 5th February 2019 TOKYO (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that her country would withdraw from coal-fired power production by 2038, showing her support for the deadline recommended by a government-appointed commission. The so-called coal commission said last month that Germany should shut down all of its coal-fired power […]
www.accuweather.com, 24th December 2019, By Amanda Schmidt Climate scientists warn that 2019 may be the warmest year on record largely as the result of a possible El Niño event exacerbated by man-made global warming. There is a 90 percent chance that El Niño will form and continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter of […]
www.lk.undp.org, 20th December 2018 In developing countries some 2.5 billion people are forced to rely on biomass—fuelwood, charcoal and animal dung—to meet their energy needs. These people are energy poor, in that they have an absence of choice in the energy they access or use in their daily lives. Therefore, biomass plays an enormously […]
www.dailymirror.lk, 13th December 2018 The first ever Seed Bombing operation was launched this morning by the Sri Lanka Air Force in Nochchiagama. The SLAF media division said that the programme was launched under the leadership and initiative of the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy. The SLAF had been […]
Study Team:Upali Daranagama, M M R Pathmasiri, Ramani Nissanka, Chamila Jayasekara, K S Kithsiri, Vijitha Ekanayake, Jude Sakaraja, Irosha Kalugalage, P S Sanjeewa, Pubudu Bandara Bamunawala, Lakshman Chandrarathna, Dayan Karunarathna, Kalpana De Silva and Saman Kulasuriya BACKGROUND The electricity sector in Sri Lanka is advancing rapidly, both in terms of the demand and in […]
ENERGY SECURITY FOR TEA INDUSTRY IN SRI LANKA A REVIEW OF PRESENT STATUS & OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF SUFFICIENCY M.A.Wijeratne1, ParakramaJayasinghe2, Sarath Samaraweera2, W.S.Botheju3 & D.Seevaratnam2 1Senior Research Officer, Agronomy Division, Tea Research Institute.2 Member, Consultative Committee on Research, Tea Research Board.3 Head, Technology Division, Tea Research Institute. ABSTRACT Continued stability and growth of […]
22nd January 2018, www.ft.lk, By P.K. Balachandran Farmers in the draught-prone Moneragala District in the south of Sri Lanka will soon be joining a $ 24 million Sino-Lankan joint venture to generate 10 MW of green power every day to add 70,000 MW of renewable energy to the Sri Lankan national grid. Jinawara […]
