03387nam a2200421 4500 20260818112819.0 130498 th eng .b10261527 AIT Thesis no.AE-94-41 Mel, Withanalage Edward de An evaluation of sloping agricultural land technology in Upper Mahaweli Watershed in Sri Lanka Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1994 99 leaves : ill. Thesis ; no. AE-94-41 Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1994 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science. The Upper Mahaweli Watershed Management Project (UMWP) of Sri Lanka has introduced the Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT) as a sustainable land use system for the farming systems in the watershed areas of Mahaweli river. SALT is a package of technology of many components. Farmers are reluctant to adopt all the components of technology. The basic objectives of this study was to find the effects and benefits of the project that have been offered so far to the farmers who had already adopted the SALT technology in their farming system and find the problems in adopting and continuing the use of such technology. It is a case study done in Hapuwala pilot project in the watershed area.Data were collected from the study area including a household survey of two samples, one who adopted SALT and other not adopted SALT. Information collected is processed and were compared with the situation in 1988 when a base line survey was conducted. Socio-economic compatibility, social acceptability and ecologically soundness of the technology in a sustainable environment were considered in analyzing and arriving at conclusions. It can be concluded that SALT system has effectively contributed to meet some essential needs of households farming system with some hopeful results in erosion control. Its role in enriching soil fertility is still questionable and effect of SALT system on seasonal crop cultivation has to be further investigated. Mahaweli Development Program Land capability for agriculture Sri Lanka Selawa Upasena, Chairperson Boonjit Titapiwattanakun, Examination committee Suselo, Tri B., Examination committee DAAD, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. AE-94-41 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B15951 .b10261527 mnait x 240401 1 951209 m a x 3 mnait mnait mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050003606067 CREATED : 1994-12-07 RECORD # : i11703271 LPATRON : 1015359 LCHKIN : 2002-05-02 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 1 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120376628 CREATED : 2016-01-06 RECORD # : i13010244 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050211012397 CREATED : 2022-02-22 RECORD # : i13369039 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 41221 41221 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.AE-94-41 30050003606067 2026-08-18 11:28:19 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.AE-94-41 30050120376628 2026-08-18 11:28:19 2026-08-18 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.AE-94-41 30050211012397 2026-08-18 11:28:19 2 2026-08-18 20