Agro-scientist emphasises on professional agriculture
Large scale land distribution of small units - an
outcome of politicization retards agricultural development in that
it denies technological usage". For instance, turning even a tractor
in a small unit could be a difficult task. High technology demands
bigger land space. What's more, when family members multiply, small
land units will get further fragmented which in turn impedes
agricultural development.
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Special Forces poised to capture Thoppigala jungle
The government on Wednesday took a crucial
decision to relax the long imposed fishing restrictions in the
Eastern seas. Accordingly, fishing restrictions imposed on the
coastal belt between Kirinda and Puttalam was relaxed while relaxing
the fishing restrictions on Cod Bay in Trincomalee with immediate
effect.
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Prabhakaran: the spectre haunting human rights activists
One of the most disheartening - one may even
call it flawed - reports produced on the current crisis in Sri Lanka
is the latest Asia Report 135 of the International Crisis Group (ICG).
As the title says, the report deals with Sri Lanka's Human Rights
Crisis. It is disheartening because it runs on the predictable
groove of blaming practically everyone - Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL),
the LTTE, better known as Tamil Tigers, the Sri Lankan Peace
Monitors, the Tamil para-militaries, the international community,
the UN, the Sri Lankan judiciary, the commissions of inquiry etc -
without targeting the key area that needs to be addressed for any
solution to emerge.
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