Sri Lanka's Dry Zone; a Misnomer, and its repercussions – The Island
By Dr. J. Handawela jameshandawela@gmail.com Background Since Independence the key development policy pursued by the Lankan government has been large scale irrigated paddy farming in the Dry zone (DZ), in the hope of ushering in the same prosperity of its past, particularly the Parakramabahu era (1153-1186). Perakum Yugayak Nevathath Arambaw was a widely flown rhetoric. […]