Nutrition Transition in Sri Lanka: A Meta-Analysis of the Nutrition Profile

Weerahewa, Jeevika; Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa; Wijetunga, Chatura Sewwandi

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-2152-2_2

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“…Despite the efforts made by the government and non-governmental agencies to promote the more effective use of chemicals in agriculture, those measures did not yield anticipated results. Sri Lankan agricultural systems look economically and environmentally unsustainable and compromise food safety (Weerahewa, 2021). The situation does not favour sustainable agriculture (SA) principles and standards that many parts of the world are trying to adopt today.…”

Section: Present Characteristics Of Rice Cultivationmentioning

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Derivation of Indicators to Measure Sri Lankan Rice Farmers’ Sustainable Agriculture Potentials: Insights from Rural Livelihood Assessment Framework

Ariyarathna,

Nanayakkara,

Thushara

2023

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This paper systematically identifies the constructs and indicators to measure Sri Lankan rice farmers’ Sustainable Agriculture potential (SAP) in the regions of Mahaweli Block H in Anuradhapura district, a dominant rice cultivation district in the country. Insights from Rural Livelihood Assessment Framework helped identify the primary constructs of SAP: The constructs of farmers’ SAP are derived as Human, Social, Financial, Physical, and Natural capitals. The principles of Sustainable Agriculture discussed in modern literature and the various research studies carried out in this domain are insightful to derive an exhaustive list of indicators that might adequately explain the constructs of SAP. The researcher adopted a quantitative descriptive approach, developed a comprehensive set of indicators (130), pre-tested them, and conducted a pilot survey with 64 samples. The measurement model analysis techniques in PLS-SEM helped shorten the Questionnaire with the most productive questions (87). This short-listed Questionnaire was again surveyed in a larger sample space, 386, to attest to their validity further. The study found five constructs and 87 productive questions that can explain farmers’ SAP, and the researcher believes that these compositions of SAP and the indicators will be helpful for future researchers.

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Section: Present Characteristics Of Rice Cultivationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Derivation of Indicators to Measure Sri Lankan Rice Farmers’ Sustainable Agriculture Potentials: Insights from Rural Livelihood Assessment Framework

Ariyarathna,

Nanayakkara,

Thushara

2023

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“…Following British colonization of Sri Lanka in 1815, the colonial government was interested in establishing an export‐oriented agricultural sector, leading to the creation of large monocrop tea plantations (Weerahewa et al ., 2020). All the while, the peasant agricultural sector which had existed prior to colonial rule was neglected.…”

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“…In 1977, the liberalization of trade and the adoption of an export‐oriented economic strategy resulted in the promotion of smallholder farming (Weerahewa et al ., 2020). The open economy in the 1970s resulted in the creation of the Tea Small Holdings Development Authority (TSHDA) which provided support for tea smallholders.…”

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Snapshot of a crisis: food security and dietary diversity levels among disrupted conventional and long‐term organic tea‐smallholders in Sri Lanka

Perera Bathige,

Moseley

2023

Singap J Trop Geogr

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In Sri Lanka, conventional and organic smallholder producers grow seventy percent of the country's tea, bring in significant export earnings, and are differentially exposed to input supply shocks. While tea production may be advantageous for the nation's economy, it is less clear whether it is good for the food security of those smallholders involved. This study examines how economic status (income and wealth) and method of tea farming (organic or conventional) influences food security and dietary diversity outcomes in the midst of a fertiliser supply shock. We used data collected in the summer of 2021, a time when an inorganic fertiliser ban went into effect, from 47 organic and 67 conventional tea smallholders in five rural communities in southern and central Sri Lanka. Our findings show that long‐term organic farmers had higher dietary diversity measures than the conventional tea smallholders who were unevenly disrupted by the aforementioned fertiliser ban. The haphazard ban on conventional fertilizer adversely impacted dietary outcomes of conventional farmers. We also discuss how the transition to organic farming would have worked better with more time and planning.

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Nutrition Transition in Sri Lanka: A Meta-Analysis of the Nutrition Profile

Cited by 2 publications

References 61 publications

Derivation of Indicators to Measure Sri Lankan Rice Farmers’ Sustainable Agriculture Potentials: Insights from Rural Livelihood Assessment Framework

Derivation of Indicators to Measure Sri Lankan Rice Farmers’ Sustainable Agriculture Potentials: Insights from Rural Livelihood Assessment Framework

Snapshot of a crisis: food security and dietary diversity levels among disrupted conventional and long‐term organic tea‐smallholders in Sri Lanka

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