Coffee production in Sri Lanka peaked in 1870, with over 111,400 hectares (275,000 acres) being cultivated. The Dutch had experimented with coffee cultivation...
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Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon) has a climate and varied elevation that allows for the production of both Camellia sinensis var. assamica and Camellia...
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primary form of agriculture in Sri Lanka is rice production. Rice is cultivated during Maha and Yala seasons. Tea is cultivated in the central highlands and...
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Rice production or Paddy production is one of the main productions and staple foods in Sri Lanka. It cultivates in all districts of Sri Lanka during two...
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Coconut production contributes to the national economy of Sri Lanka. The scientific name of the coconut is Cocos nucifera. Sri Lanka there are three varieties...
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Rubber production in Sri Lanka commenced in 1876, with the planting of 1,919 rubber seedlings at the Henarathgoda Botanical Gardens in Gampaha. The total...
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Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) production contributes to the national economy of Sri Lanka. It is grown in fairly dense shade and generally cultivated under...
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Indic text in this article correctly. Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island...
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Kopi luwak (redirect from Civet coffee)
on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015. "Coffee, civets and conservation". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March...
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settlements in Central Province (Sri Lanka) Provinces of Sri Lanka Districts of Sri Lanka Tea production in Sri Lanka ".Provincial Gross Domestic Product...
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Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) is the only crop cultivated in Sri Lanka for manufacture of sugar. This crop can be growth on well drained soil up to...
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Sri Lankan Rupee (Sinhala: රුපියල්, Tamil: ரூபாய்; symbol: රු (plural) in English, රු in Sinhala, ௹ in Tamil; ISO code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka...
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descend from workers sent from Southern India to Sri Lanka in the 19th and 20th centuries to work in coffee, tea and rubber plantations. Some also migrated...
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impetus to this development of capitalist production in Sri Lanka was the decline in coffee production in the West Indies, following the abolition of...
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British Ceylon (redirect from British Sri Lanka)
independence following the Sri Lankan independence movement. Periodization of Sri Lanka history: The first Europeans to visit Ceylon in modern times were the...
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Sri Lankan Malays (Sinhala: (ශ්රී ලංකා) මැලේ ජනතාව Shri Lanka Mæle Janathava (Standard); මැලේ මිනිස්සු / ජා මිනිස්සු Mæle Minissu / Ja Minissu (Colloquially);...
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of the family name. Coffee production in Sri Lanka Jeronis de Soysa This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: A...
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Coffee production in India is dominated in the hill tracts of South Indian states, with Karnataka accounting for 71% (Kodagu district alone produces 33%...
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Television in Sri Lanka dates back to 1979. Television broadcasting, like other forms of media in the country, is generally divided along linguistic lines...
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Hemileia vastatrix (redirect from Coffee rust)
devastated coffee production in Sri Lanka is one of the reasons why Britons have come to prefer tea, as Sri Lanka switched to tea production as a consequence...
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Taxation in Sri Lanka mainly includes excise duties, value added tax, income tax and tariffs. Tax revenue is a primary constituent of the government's...
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Textile and clothing industries have been Sri Lanka's largest gross export earner since 1986 and accounted for more than 52% of the total export earnings...
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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (redirect from LTTE Sri Lanka)
based in the northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island in response...
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The caste systems in Sri Lanka are social stratification systems found among the ethnic groups of the island since ancient times. The models are similar...
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the oldest schools in Sri Lanka that are still functioning. List of the oldest schools in the world List of schools in Sri Lanka Richmond College claims...
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topical guide to Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka – island country in the northern Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia. Known...
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Coffea arabica (redirect from Coffee arabica)
cultivation in many areas. In some valleys, it is a highly invasive weed. In the Udawattakele and Gannoruwa Forest Reserves near Kandy, Sri Lanka, coffee shrubs...
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Sri Lankan English (SLE) is the English language as it is used in Sri Lanka, a term dating from 1972. Sri Lankan English is principally categorised as...
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simmering, like cowboy coffee; the egg makes the grounds sink, leaving smooth coffee. Egg Brandy Coffee from Sri Lanka Cuban egg coffee, known locally as "café...
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Environmental issues in Sri Lanka include large-scale logging of forests and degradation of mangroves, coral reefs and soil. Air pollution and water pollution...
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