Agricultural Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri Lanka Ranjith Premalal De Silva
Gamini Pushpakumara Pahan Prasada Jeevika Weerahewa Editors Agricultural Research for …

Environmental pollution from various industries is a serious issue in most countries.
Bagasse is a waste product from sugar factory industries. Bagasse pollutes the soil and the …

In the traditional development of aluminum based composite materials ceramic particles
such as SiC, Al2O3 and B4C etc. are customarily used as a reinforcement material for the …

A laboratory scale Leachate Treatment Bioreactor (LTB) was needed to determine the
optimum design and operational parameters because of poor performance of a full scale …

We discovered an ancient art of using charcoal for agriculture by the Indians living in the
Amazon basin. Old to new technologies exist in thermal conversion (pyrolysis) of dense …

The rehabilitation of the Gohagoda dumpsite was the central issue in improving the
management of 150 tonnes/day of Municipal Solid Waste in Kandy. The project …

Resistance to disposal of perishable wastes in dumpsites or even in sanitary landfills arose
in the early 1990s with the syndrome of 'NIMBY'(not in my backyard). Therefore, research …

A bottom biofilter liner incorporated up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor was designed,
developed, and evaluated for food wastes over 47 days. It was operated as a semi-batch …

Desalination has garnered significant interest as a means of addressing the demand for
freshwater; nonetheless, traditional desalination methods can prove expensive and have …

The dumpsite was a former quarry which was polluting the ground water. Frequent fires
were causing noxious gases affecting the immediate surrounding and elsewhere. The …