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Water balance variability across Sri Lanka for assessing agricultural and environmental water use by Bastiaanssen, Wim G.M., Chandrapala, L.

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Participatory decision support for agricultural management: A case study from Sri Lanka by Cain, J.D., Jinapala, K., Makin, Ian W., Somaratne, Pallewatte G., Ariyaratne, Badugodahewa Ranjith, Perera, L.R.

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Irrigation systems as multiple-use commons: Water use in Kirindi Oya, Sri Lanka by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Bakker, M.

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Nocturnal biting rhythms of six mosquito species (Diptera: culicidae) in Kandy, Sri Lanka by Amerasinghe, Felix P., Munasingha, N.B.

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Environmental impact assessment of the Kirindi Oya Irrigation and Settlement Project (KOISP) Sri Lanka by Amarasekara, N.

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Septage management related regulatory and institutional aspects and needs in Sri Lanka. A review by Fernando, Sudarshana, Drechsel, Pay, Manthrithilake, Herath, Jayawardena, Lalith

“…Urbanization, population growth and rapid development have created a notable shift in septage* management in Sri Lanka, necessitating a vast and rapid improvement in the service of mechanized septage collection by trucks and finding additional space to meet the increasing septage disposal needs. …”
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IWMI’s vulnerability mapping shapes Sri Lanka’s National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…IWMI and its partners, Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) and National Council for Disaster Management, Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Sri Lanka, conducted a study ‘Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Agriculture in Sri Lanka: A Review and Preliminary Vulnerability Mapping’, which significantly influenced Sri Lanka’s climate change strategies and policies. …”
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Rapid emergency response mapping for the 2016 floods in Kelani river basin, Sri Lanka by Alahacoon, Niranga, Pani, Peejush, Matheswaran, Karthikeyan, Samansiri, Srimal, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…Paper presented at the 37th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS): Promoting Spatial Data Infrastructure for Sustainable Economic Development, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17-21 October 2016. Beginning on 14 May 2016, a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal caused torrential rain to fall across Sri Lanka. …”
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Strength and disintegration characteristics of compost pellets produced from urban waste in Sri Lanka by Hettiarachchi, Lakshika, Fernando, Sudarshana, Gunawardena, S., Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Paul, Johannes G., Grau, Felix

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Nephrotoxic contaminants in drinking water and urine, and chronic kidney disease in rural Sri Lanka by Rango, T., Jeuland, M., Manthrithilake, Herath, McCornick, Peter G.

“…Chronic kidney disease of unknown (“u”) cause (CKDu) is a growing public health concern in Sri Lanka. Prior research has hypothesized a link with drinking water quality, but rigorous studies are lacking. …”
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Association of farmers' socio-economics with bovine brucellosis epidemiology in the dry zone of Sri Lanka by Kothalawala, K.A.C., Makita, K., Kothalawala, H., Jiffry, A.M., Kubota, S., Kono, H.

“…The aim of the study was to investigate the farmers’ socio-economic factors and their association with Brucella prevalence in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. A cross-sectional survey was planned and a total of 1,153 blood samples were collected from milking and dry animals of 155 farms from three selected veterinary ranges of Kalmunai, Navithanveli, and Mahaoya in the Ampara district, which is a multi-ethnic area. …”
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Technical Workshop on Agricultural Insurance in Sri Lanka – Building a Knowledge Network and Partnerships by International Water Management Institute

“…Organizations involved in these initiatives in Sri Lanka include national (the Ministry of Finance, National Insurance Trust Fund [NITF], Disaster Management Centre [DMC], Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka [[IPS] and SANASA Federation Ltd.) and international (International Water Management Institute [IWMI], World Bank/Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery [GFDRR], and the International Labour Organization [ILO] of the United Nations [UN]. …”
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Proceedings of the National Conference on Water, Food Security and Climate Change in Sri Lanka, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 9-11 June 2009.... by Jinapala, K., de Silva, Sanjiv, Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M.

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South Asian Preferential Trading Agreement (SAPTA) and its implications on plantation crops sector of Sri Lanka: Proceedings of a workshop held at the Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka, Talawakele, on 8th March 1999 by Ranaweera, N.F.C., Weligamage, Parakrama, Niranjan, S.K.D.F.F.

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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka: a profile of affected districts reliant on groundwater by Kafle, Kashi, Balasubramanya, Soumya, Horbulyk, Ted

“…This analysis provides new estimates of chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevalence – including CKD of unknown etiology (CKDu) – across ten districts most affected by CKD in Sri Lanka, including an examination of rural households' historical reliance on groundwater consumption. …”
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Solid and liquid waste management and resource recovery in Sri Lanka: a 20 city analysis by Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Kumara, I. U., Fernando, Sudarshana

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Spatial variability of rainfall trends in Sri Lanka from 1989 to 2019 as an indication of climate change by Alahacoon, Niranga, Edirisinghe, M.

“…This study reveals the spatial variability of rainfall trends in Sri Lanka from 1989 to 2019 as an indication of climate change. …”
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A review on water governance in Sri Lanka: the lessons learnt for future water policy formulation by Chandrasekara, S. S. K., Chandrasekara, S. K., Gamini, P. H. S., Obeysekera, J., Manthrithilake, Herath, Kwon, H.-H., Vithanage, Meththika

“…Sri Lanka has no water scarcity within the country, and per capita, water availability is adequate to cater for the country’s estimated peak population. …”
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Dietary exposures to metals in relation to chronic kidney disease of unknown cause (CKDu) in Sri Lanka by Nyachoti, S., Godebo, T. R., Okwori, O. F., Jeuland, M. A., Manthrithilake, Herath

“…Exposure to metals has been hypothesized as possible cause of chronic kidney disease of unknown cause (CKDu) in Sri Lanka; however, evidence is inconclusive. We measured the concentrations of nephrotoxic metals (As, Pb, and Cd), as well as Se in rice (a staple grain in Sri Lanka) and other grains consumed in CKDu endemic and non-endemic regions using Inductively Coupled Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). …”
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Food waste to livestock feed: prospects and challenges for swine farming in peri-urban Sri Lanka by Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., Drechsel, Pay

“…Using farm animals for their natural capability of “recycling” food waste (FW) that is unfit for direct human consumption can support a circular economy as shown in the case of Sri Lanka’s Western Province. The reuse of organic residues including FW as animal feed is a traditional agricultural practice in Sri Lanka but is less studied within an urban FW context. …”
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