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Weligamage, P.  R. Barker, Intizar Hussain, Upali Amarasinghe and M. Samad. 2002. World Irrigation and Water Statistics -2002  (With a Guide to Data Sources). Colombo: International Water Management Institute

Refereed Papers

Barker, Randolph, M. Samad. Parakrama Weligamage and Masao Kikuchi. 2001. Declining Comparative Advantage In Rice Production: Policy Options Facing Sri Lanka. Economic Review. 27(8&9) 27-30.

Kikuchi, M., R. Barker, P. Weligamage and M. Samad. 2002. The Irrigation Sector in Sri Lanka: Recent Investment Trends and the Development Path Ahead. Research Report 62. Colombo: International Water Management Institute.

Kikuchi, M., P. Weligamage, R. Barker, M. Samad, H. Kono and H. M. Somaratne. 2003. Agro-Well and Pump in Irrigation Schemes in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka: Past Trends, Present Status and Future Prospects.  Research Report 66. Colombo: International Water Management Institute.

Namara, Regassa E., P. Weligamage and R. Barker. 2003. The Prospects of System of Rice Intensification Adoption in Sri Lanka: A Socioeconomic Assessment.  Research Report 75. International Water Management Institute.

Weligamage, P. et.al. 2005. Bringing Hambantota Back To Normal: A Post-tsunami Livelihoods Needs Assessment of Hambantota District in Southern Sri Lankahttp://www.eldis.org/static/DOC18438.htm

Conference Proceedings Edited

Ranaweera, N.F.C.,  P. Weligamage and S.K.D.F.F Niranjan. Eds.   1999. South Asian Preferential Trading Agreement and Its Implications on the Plantation Crop Sector of Sri Lanka.: Proceedings of a Workshop. Colombo: Sri Lanka Council for agricultural Research Policy.

Refereed Book Chapters

Abeygunawardena, P. and P. Weligamage. 1995. "The Future Role of IRDP in the Context of Economic Liberalisation", In. Ed. Integrated Rural Development Programme: 15 years Experience in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka.  Ministry of Finance, Planning, Ethnic Affairs and National Integration. Pp. 121-134.

Konredsen, F., Rekha Mehra and P. Weligamage. 1999. "Domestic Uses of Water", Ch. 6 In Eds. M.Bakker, R. Barker, R. Meinzen Dick and F. Konredsen.   Multiple Uses of Water in Irrigated Areas: A Case Study from Sri Lanka. SWIM Paper 8. Colombo: International Irrigation Management Institute.

M. Kikuchi, R. Barker, M. Samad and P. Weligamage. 2002.  Comparative Advantage of Rice Production in Sri Lanka with Special Reference to Irrigation Costs. In. M. Sombilla, M. Hossain, and B. Hardy. Editors. Developments in the Asian rice economy. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Medium- and Long-term Prospects of Rice Supply and Demand in the 21st Century. Los Bonos, (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute. Pp. 343-368.

Kikuchi, M., R. Barker, M. Samad and P. Weligamage. 2002. Comparative Advantage of Rice Production in an Ex-rice Importing Country: The Case of Sri Lanka. In Acharya S.S, Surjit Singh and Vidya Sagar. Eds. Sustainable Agriculture, Poverty and Food Security. Vol I. Jaipur (India) Rawat Publishers. Pp 356-380.

Referred Abstracts Presented

Weligamage, P. and T. Jogaratnam. 1994. Sources of Output Growth in Paddy in Sri Lanka.  Proceedings of Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 50(1). Colombo: Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.

Jayatilaka, M.W.A.P., P. Weligamage and S. Samita. 1997. Codification of Folk Knowledge to Draw Inferences on the Reconciliation of Myth and Utility. In.  K. Samarasinghe.  Ed. Proceedings of Fifth Annual Staff Research Sessions. Peradeniya: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya.

Weligamage, P. 1999. Effect of Insurgency in North and East Provinces on Rice Production in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 55(1). Colombo: Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.

Weligamage, P. 2001. Household Water Scarcity: Implications of Multiple Sources for Domestic Water Uses.  Research paper accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Water Development for Poverty Alleviation. 29-31 January, 2001, Ahmedabad, India.

Weligamage, P. 2001.  Impact of irrigation development on food security: the case of inland fisheries in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 57(1). Colombo: Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.

Samad, Madar, Parakrama Weligamage and Bandula Senaviratne. 2002. Inter-temporal Reallocation of land to address the problem of Water Scarcity: The Case of Bethma in Sri Lanka. Poster presented and research note distributed at the ADB organized meeting “ Water and Poverty Initiative”. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 22-26 September 2002.

Weligamage, P. 2002. Domestic and Foreign Sources of Nutrition in Sri Lankan Diet: Evidence from Food Balance Sheets. Proceedings of Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 58(1). Colombo: Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.

Weligamage, P. 2003. Characteristics of Rice Consumption in Sri Lanka: Prospects for Sustainability of the Domestic Rice Production. Abstracts of the 9th International Conference on Sri Lankan Studies.  Matara ( Sri Lanka) : 9th ICSLS Secretariat.

Weligamage, P. 2003. Characteristics of Rice Consumption in Sri Lanka with Special Reference to Source of Origin and Preferred Type. Proceedings of Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 59(1). Colombo: Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.

Weligamage, P. 2003. Comparative Advantage of Rice Production in Sri Lanka. Abstracts : Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges Faced by the Rice Sector in Sri Lanka.  Peradeniya :. Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association. Pp 22- 23.

Perera, N, P. Weligamage and Mangala de Zoysa. 2004. Farm and resource use characteristics and profitability of rain-fed paddy farming in an urbanized wet zone area of Sri Lanka. Proceedings of Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 60(1). Colombo: Sri Lanka .

Weligamage, P. 2004. The Impact of Groundwater Extraction Technologies on Farmer Welfare: The Case of Shallow Tube-well Farming in the Deduruoya Basin in Sri Lanka. Abstracts:  Leonard Woolf Memorial International Conference: Culture and Society in a Colonial Context. Matara (Sri Lanka) : Sri Lanka Studies Network Secretariat.

Weligamage, P and Nilusha Perera. 2004. Home grown rice and livelihood security: Evidence from peri-urban rice farming in Sri Lanka. Abstracts:  Leonard Woolf Memorial International Conference: Culture and Society in a Colonial Context. Matara (Sri Lanka) : Sri Lanka Studies Network Secretariat.

Conference Papers

Weligamage, P. 1998.  Developing a Domestic Water Scarcity Index in a Multiple Water Source Situation. Paper presented at National Conference on Current Status and Future Directions of Water Resources Research in Sri Lanka. 4-6 November 1998. Colombo.

Weligamage, P. 2001.  Irrigation and Inland Fisheries in Sri Lanka: Mutually coexisting Systems for Food Security and Livelihood Options for Local People. Paper presented at 8th International Conference on Sri Lanka Studies, 7th-10th Jaipur, India.

Kikuchi, M., P. Weligamage, R. Barker, M. Samad, H. Kono and H. M. Somaratne. 2003. Agro-Well and Pump in Irrigation Schemes in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka: Past diffusion, Present Status and Future Prospects. In Pathmarajah, S. Eds. Proceedings of the Symposium on the use of groundwater for agriculture in Sri Lanka. 30 September 2002.  Peradeniya : Agriculture Engineering Society of Sri Lanka  Pp 108-118.

Namara. Regassa, P. Weligamage and R. Barker. 2003. The prospects of system of rice intensification adoption in Sri Lanka: a socioeconomic and socio-political assessment. In Hsu, Shiang-Kueen. Ed. Sustainable Development of Water Resources and Management and Operation of Participatory Irrigation Management. Proceedings of the ICID-Asian regional workshop. Vol I.  Taipei, Taiwan: ICID. Pp 330-356.

Weligamage, P. 2003. Adoption Patterns of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Sri Lanka: Findings from IWMI Research. Paper presented at the workshop on present status of SRI in Sri Lanka. 22 December 2003. Colombo: organized by Cornell International Institute for Food and Agricultural Development and Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute. 

Working Papers

Weligamage, P. 1998. Historical Development and Present Status of Aqua-culture in Sri Lanka. Working Paper No: 03. Peradeniya: The DFID Aqua-culture Research Program: Fish in Irrigation Systems Technology Project.

Weligamage, P. 1998. Irrigation Development in Sri Lanka and its Impact on Inland Fisheries. Working Paper No: 04. Peradeniya: The DFID Aqua-culture Research Program: Fish in Irrigation Systems Technology Project.

 

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