Development of Agro-well Lands and Its impact on Soil Salinity in the North Central Dry Zone of Sri Lanka
Abstract: Agro-well development in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka has been accelerated recently. Accordingly a significant land proportion has been converted to Agro-well based lands. This matter has been attracting the attention of policy makers as well as researchers because the understanding of the real situation has been a national level requirement. Therefore the current study was launched in the North Central part of the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka during the period of 2014-2015. It was a comparative assessment of the salinity levels of the Agro-well lands and rain-fed lands. Further, the soil salinity data was correlated with the cropping duration of the Agro-well lands. The first part of this study has revealed that the soil salinity levels of Agro-well lands were in the very low category (
Keywords: Agro-wells, Mini basins, Watering, Soil salinity
How to Cite?: Muditha Prasannajith Perera, "Development of Agro-well Lands and Its impact on Soil Salinity in the North Central Dry Zone of Sri Lanka", Volume 5 Issue 7, July 2016, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 497-501, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=ART2016217, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/ART2016217