Lowland rice culture since Green Revolution in Sri Lanka
Retired Rice Scientist Rice cultivation in lowlands of Sri Lanka also resulted in a kind of revolution locally along with the global Green Revolution. Following the invention of new varieties IR 8, IR 62, with fertiliser response and high yields at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Philippines and their spread globally, the Department of Agriculture (DOA) also produced rice hybrids such as H4, H8 series in early 1970s by using our traditional varieties as parents. However, in a bid to defend the sudden imposition of organic agriculture in Sri Lanka, inorganic fertilizer use ha...
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