03-AGRICULTURE IN SRI LANKA - VEGETABLES/FRU

​AGRICULTURAL LAND UTILIZATION

IN

SRI LANKA-

CULTIVATION OF MINOR EXPORT CROPS;

VEGETABLES AND FRUITS

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This picture shows,

• vegetables

• fruits

• spices

• minor export crops

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The government started to pay a special attention to promote the cultivation of Minor Export Crops after,

• 1948

• 1970's

• 1960's

• 1990's

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The reasons behind the promotion of the cultivation of minor export crops,

• Price fluctuation of traditional crops

• Increasing demand for minor export crops in the world    market

• Ability to depend on traditional export crops

• Inability to depend only on traditional export crops alone

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When was the Department of Minor Export Crops established in Sri Lanka?

• 1960

• 1972

• 1978

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Where is the Department of Medinor Export Crops located?

• Kandy

• Matale

• Nuwara Eliya

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The Minor export crop which distributed scattered along the coastal belt between Negombo,-Matara and in Ratnapura and Hambantota

• Coffee

• Cinnamon

• Cashew

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Coffee,Pepper,Cardamoms,Cloves and Nutmeg are distributed in,

• Kandy-Matale

• Kandy-Kegalle

• Kandy-Rathnapura

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Minor Export Crops grown in Hambantota and Mannar districts are,

• Cinnamon-Cashew

• Cashew-Citronella

• Flowers-Cashew

​Vegetables and fruits that we eat are cultivated all parts of the country.

They are cultivated;

 -In small plot of land as an intercrop

 -As a commercial crop

 -As garden crops

​Dry Zone Vegetables and Fruit-
Drumsticks/ Long beans/ Tomatoes/Brinjals/Bittergourd/
Pumpkins
-Mangoes/Banana/Woodapples/

​Wet Zone Vegetables and Fruit-
Ladies fingers(okra)/ Snakegourd/ Lufa/Long beans

-Avacadoes/ Mangooseteen/ Rambutana/ Durian/Mangoes/Pineapples

​Hill Country Vegetables and Fruits- Leeks/ Carrots/ Lettuce/ Potatoes/ Beetroots
- Strawberry/ Pears/ Grapes

​Fruits are exported- fresh fruits/canned sliced pieces/ dehydrated

​The need to improve the local production of milk;

-To save foreign exchange spent on the importation of milk powder.

-To develop the nutritional levels of Sri Lankan.

Areas where cattle rearing is mainly done:

-Nuwara Eliya

-Badulla

-Pollonnaruwa

-Hambantota

-Ampara

-Anuradhapura

-Kurunegala

-Batticaloa

-2/3 of buffaloes are in the Dry Zone

Activity : Mark and name the above districts on a map of Sri Lanka

​Locations of Research Institutions:
-Ambewela

-Kananwila
-Walpita
Services Provided:
-Introduced new breeds of cattle and varieties of grass.
-Necessary  instructions.
‘MEEVANAPALANA’  Dairy Cattle Centre –to exchange lactating cows

​ Production of liquid milk has become popular from recent times.

Dairy Products:

Ghee

Powdered Milk

Liquid Milk

Curd

Ice-cream

Yoghurt

Butter

Packeted Milk

Pasteurized Milk

Sterilized Milk

Cheese

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Why is it necessary to improve the local milk production?

• -To save foreign exchange spent on the importation of milk powder.

• -To spend more foreign exchange on the importation of milk powder.

• -To develop the nutritional levels of Sri Lankans.

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Locations of Research Institutions are

• Ambewela

• Ukuwela

• Walpita

• Kananwila

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What are the services provided by the Research Centres?

• Introduced new breedsof cattle and varieties of grass

• To provide employment for villagers

• Provide necessary  instructions

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Dairy Cattle Centre –to exchange lactating cows is located in,

• Walpita

• Meevanapalana

• Kananwila

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Liquid milk is not presented to the market as,

• Ghee

• Pasteurized milk

• Sterilized milk

• Cartons

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Select the factors that are favorable for fisheries industry in Sri Lanka,

• Being an island surrounded by the ocean

• Plenty of plankton during the monsoons

• Earning of foreign exchange

• Long coastline around the island

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The territorial sea limit of Sri Lanka extends up to,

• 12 km

• 12 NM

• 24 NM

• 200 NM

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Fishing Industry is an important part of our economy,

• as a source of protein

• as a source of earning foreign currency

• as it has a wide local and foreign market for its products

• as it saves foreign exchange

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Fisheries Industry can be categorized into,

• 2 as Marine and Fresh water fisheries

• 3 as Marine, Fresh and Brackish fisheries

• 2 as Coastal and Deep sea fishing

• 2 as Fishing and Livestock framing

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The reasons for the abundance of fish in the shallow sea in Sri Lanka,

• Use of fish tackles to catch fish

• Availability of organic particles

• Fish food at the sea bottom being brought to the surface by the ocean currents

• Availability of plankton

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A large boat that uses a wide cone shaped net to catch fish is called,

• Ship

• Cruise ship

• Trawler

• Submarine

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Along the coast which is about 1760km in length carries out,

• Deep Sea fishing

• Marine fishing

• Brackish water fishing

• Fresh water fishing