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Social Entrepreneurial Behavior of Key Stakeholders: Social Transformation Efforts through Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) in Bata-atha Canal Area, Walawe Irrigation Scheme, Southern Sri Lanka.

Yapa, L.G.D..S,; Abdullah, A.L.; Rainis, R.; Hemakumara, G.P.T.S. (Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, 2022-09-05)

An understanding of the social entrepreneurial behavior of key stakeholders in Participatory Irrigation Management ( PIM ) is of vital importance to the socioeconomic growth of a country. The term social entrepreneurship ...
A Study about Necessity for an Application of Environmental Management into Rural Areas (Special Reference to Malimboda Divisional Secretariat Division)

Chandralatha, W.M.G.; Yapa, L.G.D.S.; Maheshika, E. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura , 2017-01-28)

Environmental management is a systematic approach to finding practical ways for saving water, energy and materials and reducing the negative impacts. Environmental problems have arisen due to human influences on environment ...
Contribution of Home Gardens to Household Food Security in Sri Lanka: A Comparative Study on Wet Zone and Intermediate Zone

Yapa, L.G.D.S (Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, 2018-09-01)

In Sri Lanka, home gardens ensure to some extent the stability of household food security at the village level. Home gardening, which is an age-old practice in various parts of the country, varies on the basis of plant ...
Head-tail disparity in irrigation management in Sri Lanka: A review of empirical evidence

Yapa, L.G.D.S.; Rainis, R.; Abdullah, A.L.; Hemakumara, G.P.T.S. (Department of Geography, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2020-11-29)

Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) was introduced in the 1990s as a problem-solving mechanism for addressing poor irrigation system performance in many agricultural areas of the world. However, there is some ...
Tail-end Farmers’ Participation in Collective Action for Local Commons Management: A Case Study of Walawe Irrigation Scheme, Southern Sri Lanka.

Yapa, L.G.D.S.; Abdullah, A.L.; Rainis, R.; Hemakumara, G.P.T.S. (School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2022-09-21)

Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) is a collective action in which water users/farmers and Irrigation Agency (IA) officers work together to ensure better water management. Farmer Organisations (FOs) are autonomous ...
Determinants and Measures to Assess Farmers' Participation in Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) at the Tail-end of Irrigation Schemes in Sri Lanka: A Review of the Empirical Evidence.

Yapa, L.G.D.S,; Abdullah, A.L.; Rainis, R.; Hemakumara, G.P.T.S. ("Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2022)

Assessing the determinants affecting farmers’ participation in Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) at the farm household level is vital in identifying the root causes of the prevailing problems at the tail-end ...
Land use Conflicts in the Buffer Zones of Sinharaja Forest Reserve: A Case Study on the North Western Slope of the Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Senarath, G.; Pitagampola, J.J.; Kumara, R.K. Chaminda (University of Ruhuna, 2017)

Sinharaja is a rainforest located in Sri Lanka between 6° 21' - 6° 26' Northern longitudes and 80° 30' - 30° 34' Eastern latitudes. It covers an area of 11,187 hectares spread over the Galle, Matara and Rathnapura Districts. ...
Disparities in Utilisation of Natural Resources for the Development of Post-War Society: with reference to Freshwater Springs in “Kunchuttu” Region, North Central Province, Sri Lanka4

Karunaratne, M.S.M.L.; Bandara, M.D.; Hewage, D.; Pushpananda, S.T.W.M.; Abeyrathne, U. (University of Ruhuna, 2017)

This research is focused on studying the water resources in the areas which have experienced conflict during Sri Lanka’s period of war and the lifestyles of people who are associated with the utilisation of these water ...
The Ethnic War and Women’s Perceptions of Ethnic Others and Changing Roles of Women: A Study of a Culturally and Ethnically linked Traditional Village in Anuradhapura District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka

Abeyrathne, U.; Karunarathne, M. (University of Ruhuna Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Wallamadama, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2017)

This study was about women’s perceptions of ‘ethnic other’, where the subjects of the study were women from an ethnically and culturally linked community. It also explored the changing roles of women during and after the ...

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