Since ancient time, cultivation is emerged as a peculiar culture in Sri Lanka."Chena" that is the unique high land cultivation method in Sri Lanka, represents a vital role on behalf of in-situ conservation of traditional crop varieties. Beside, Chena is one of the iconic...
Chena cultivation is the local name for the system of shifting agriculture which is generally practised on the unirrigable land of the dry zone of Sri Lanka (see Glossary; B. H. Farmer, 1954; E. F. L. Abeyratne, 1956). As seen in Hambantota District it constitutes the clearing and ...
Chena cultivation is the local name for the system of shifting agriculture which is generally practised on the unirrigable land of the dry zone of Sri Lanka (see Glossary; B. H. Farmer, 1954; E. F. L. Abeyratne, 1956). As seen in Hambantota District it constitutes the clearing and ...
S. 1983. Chena development experiment – Paindikulama. Norsk geogr. Tidsskr. Vol. 37, 187–196. Oslo. ISSN 0029-1951. Population pressure and related environmental pressures have led to attempts to stabilize traditional chena (shifting) cultivation in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. A feasibility ...