A Tropical Agricultural Engineering Model for SriLanka
A Tropical Agricultural Engineering Model for Sri Lanka Introduction Today, Netherlands is recognized as one of the world’s most advanced agricultural countries. Despite its smallland area, the country has built a powerful agricultural export economy through high technology, greenhousesystems, precision farming, and controlled cultivation environments.However, these systems were mainly developed for temperate climates, low sunlight […]
Semi-Open Tropical Polytunnel System for Sri Lanka
Semi-Open Tropical Polytunnel System for Sri Lanka Introduction Modern greenhouse and polytunnel systems were mainly developed for cold-climate countries where sunlightintensity, humidity, and temperature are relatively low. However, tropical countries such as Sri Lanka experiencehigh solar radiation, heavy rainfall, high humidity, strong microbial activity, and rapid heat accumulation.Due to these climatic conditions, completely closed plastic […]
Complete Report on BNF Bimsara and the BNF Advanced ZBNF Philosophy
Prepared byDr. Sanath K. MunasingheManaging Director, Innovator, Natural ScientistBio Natural Foods (BNF) 1. IntroductionSri Lankan agriculture is currently facing severe long-term challenges due to excessive use of artificial fertilizers,poisonous agrochemicals, destruction of beneficial soil microorganisms, declining soil fertility, hardpan formation,environmental pollution, and increasing cultivation costs.For many years, cultivation systems mainly focused on directly feeding crops […]
