Lampyrids or fireflies are one of the ecotourism subjects throughout the world and there is a possibility to use them as a rapidly increasing tourism aspect in Sri Lanka. Previous records have revealed 63 species of fireflies belonging to 24 genera were listed in the country. However, the eco...
Lampridi et al. [8] have shown that assessment of the total energy consumption of agricultural machinery should be an essential step before introducing alternative technologies. Recently, several studies have been carried out to assess the performances of paddy harvesting systems, focusing specifically ...
2.2.3. Economic Returns from Technology Adoption Economic returns associated with the three irrigation technologies were analyzed using the cost and benefit method: ER = R − PC (2) where R is revenues from the sale of rice based on the farm-gate price, and PC is the production cost. ...