Table 7. Dom<strong>in</strong>ant Rice <strong>Crop</strong>p<strong>in</strong>g Patterns <strong>in</strong> Four Regions <strong>in</strong> Luzon, Philipp<strong>in</strong>es(adopted from Adriano, 1989)RegionCARIIIIII<strong>Crop</strong>p<strong>in</strong>g PatternRice-rice, rice garlic, rice-tobacco, rice-legumeRice-rice, rice-legumes, rice-fallow, rice-tomato, rice-cornRice-rice, rice-fallowRice-rice, rice-fallowTable 8. Successful <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Diversification</strong> Patterns <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Philipp<strong>in</strong>es<strong>Crop</strong>p<strong>in</strong>g System Location Yield/ha Profit/ha Reference1. Rice-onion Talavera, NuevaEcija3.43 6,116.00 Agulto, 19892. Rice Garlic Laoag, IlocosNorte1.7-2.4 14,006.00-17,249.00Adriano, 19893. Rice-Peanut Ilocos Region 1.80 25,990.00 Gonzales, 19894. Rice-Mungbean Ilocos Region 0.88 6,147.00 Gonzales, 19895. Rice-Onion Central Luzon 10.66 64,380.00 Gonzales, 19896. Coconut+Cacao Murcia, Negros - 30,202.50 PCARRD, 19937, Coconut +Passion fruitLucban, Quezon - 30,000.00 PCARRD, 19938. Coconut +bananaSou<strong>the</strong>rnM<strong>in</strong>danao- ROI=163-631%PCARRD, 19939. Coconut +P<strong>in</strong>eappleSou<strong>the</strong>rnM<strong>in</strong>danao- ROI=68% PCARRD, 199310. Coconut +P<strong>in</strong>eapple +Cacao +BananaJaro, Leyte - 18,892.00 PCARRD, 1993111
CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN SRI LANKAS.S.B.D.G. Jayawardane * and L. A. Weerasena **1. INTRODUCTIONSri Lanka is an island <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Indian ocean located between 79 o 50’ and 82 o longitudeand 6 o and 9 o 50’ latitude. The total land area of <strong>the</strong> island is 6.5 million hectares and <strong>the</strong>population is 19 million.The extent of irrigable land <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> country has been <strong>in</strong>creased to 483,000 ha <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g80,000 ha of well dra<strong>in</strong>ed upland with <strong>the</strong> commission<strong>in</strong>g of lands under <strong>the</strong> Mahaweli riversystem and o<strong>the</strong>r major irrigation schemes <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> post <strong>in</strong>dependence era result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> abreakthrough <strong>in</strong> rice production. Sri Lanka has become nearly self-sufficient <strong>in</strong> riceproduction. However, cultivation of rice <strong>in</strong> well dra<strong>in</strong>ed soils <strong>in</strong> major irrigation schemes isconsidered to be a waste of irrigation water due to high percolation rates observed.Cultivation of non-paddy crops <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> well dra<strong>in</strong>ed soils could save water and thus pave <strong>the</strong>way for crop diversification <strong>in</strong> major irrigation schemes.The cost of rice production has <strong>in</strong>creased tremendously dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> past few decadesand consequently rice production has become uneconomical <strong>in</strong> marg<strong>in</strong>al rice lands,especially <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> wet part of <strong>the</strong> island. Therefore, more lands have become available forcrop diversification. The potential areas of crop diversification <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> island are found <strong>in</strong>different ecological sett<strong>in</strong>gs. Cultivated crops and cropp<strong>in</strong>g patterns adopted vary with <strong>the</strong>agro-ecological conditions. Hence, <strong>the</strong> def<strong>in</strong>ition of crop diversification conta<strong>in</strong>s anextensive mean<strong>in</strong>g for Sri Lanka. Thus it could be def<strong>in</strong>ed as <strong>the</strong> cultivation of alternativecrops or adoption of alternate cropp<strong>in</strong>g patterns <strong>in</strong>stead of traditional crops and cropp<strong>in</strong>gpatterns.1.1 ClimateSri Lanka is located <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> tropical belt of <strong>the</strong> world climatic map. The central hillsof <strong>the</strong> country divide Sri Lanka <strong>in</strong>to three major climatic zones by act<strong>in</strong>g as a barrier to <strong>the</strong>monsoon w<strong>in</strong>ds. The three major climatic zones are named as wet, <strong>in</strong>termediate and dryzones which receive an average annual ra<strong>in</strong>fall of >5000-2500 mm, 2500-1750 and 1750-900 mm, respectively. Fur<strong>the</strong>r, three ma<strong>in</strong> <strong>region</strong>s <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> island have also been identified,based on elevation, namely, <strong>the</strong> low country (0 – 300 m), mid country (300 – 900 m) and upcountry (>900 m). These climatic zones are fur<strong>the</strong>r sub-divided <strong>in</strong>to 24 agro-ecological<strong>region</strong>s, each one be<strong>in</strong>g more or less uniform <strong>in</strong> climatic conditions and <strong>in</strong> soils. Majorirrigation schemes are predom<strong>in</strong>antly found <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> dry zone and a few are found <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rtwo zones. Ra<strong>in</strong>fed wetland rice cultivation is ma<strong>in</strong>ly practiced <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> wet zone.* Director General of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.** Deputy Director (Research), Regional Agriculture Research Centre, Angunakolapellessa, Sri Lanka.112
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