food pricesmonitoringnutrition surveillanceSri LankaThis paper compares the food component of the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCFPI), which is the offical cost of living index in Sri Lanka, with an index made to suit the food situation in a rural area. This index is based on information ...
The economic slowdown is of particular concern as until recently, Sri Lanka had one of the strongest economies in South Asia. In 2019, it was upgraded to an upper middle-income country by the World Bank. But at the same time, the country’s debt burden has also been growing – from 39...
Sri Lanka has been experiencing drastic changes in rainfall, rain patterns, droughts and temperature, which poses challenges for agricultural productivity, livelihoods and food security (Coslet et al.,2017; Eckstein et al.,2019; Marambe et al.,2015). According to Ratnasiri et al. (2019), the...
Sina Tech noted that using self-driving cars will be a revolution (革命) in the food delivery industry, because it will reduce the cost of labor.Online food delivery services have developed rapidly in China. Almost 300 million users have used online services to order food. In 2016, Meituan...
in policy implementation costs. The volume, tiered and absolute sugar content taxes would generate US$80.4 billion, US$142 billion and US$41.7 billion in government tax revenue; and cost the industry US$0.29 billion, US$0.72 billion and US$1.44 billion...
The conflict has also caused a rise in the cost of the other daily essentials and fuel. “It is extrcely worrisome,” said Rabah Arezki, former chief economist at the World Bank. In 2022, there will be 44 million people in 38 countries at the “cergency” phase of food insecurity, ...
We applied Confirmatory Factor Analysis techniques to the data to quantify the effect of six market-based incentives (cost/financial implications, sales, reputation, commercial pressure, human resources and technical efficiency), two regulatory incentives (existing and anticipated government regulations), ...
Food drive-device PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hood flip-up device capable of reducing cost and weight by decreasing a number of actuators necessary for hood flip-up.SOLUTION: A hood flip-up device is provided in parallel between a vehicle front sid......
Governments are spending a lot of time and resources trying to mitigate the soaring cost of energy following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But the war has sown the seeds of an even bigger crisis that is not getting nearly the same amount of attention. A global food shortage is pushing food...
作者: Locally Grown,Sri Lankan,B. D. Silva,M. D. Samaranayake,Katudeni V.T. Gunawardhane,Mudiyanselage T. Herath 展开 摘要: Corn (Zea mays L.) is widely used as a raw material in food and feed industry in Sri Lanka. The present study focuses to produce value added products; ...