New book on challenges of rubber smallholdings
View(s):‘Rubber Smallholdings in Sri Lanka: Opportunities and Challenges’ authored by Dr. Faheema Saheed was launched recently in Colombo, based on Dr. Saheed’s doctoral thesis, which was published by the Department of Economics, University of Colombo under its Doctoral Research Series.
Prof. Sirimal Abeyratne, Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Colombo delivered the keynote address. The book was reviewed by Dr. Wasana Wijesooriya, the Principal Research Officer of the Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka.
The book is based on rubber land fragmentation and ownership patterns of the smallholders who are the dominant sector of the rubber growing industry and emphasises the technical efficiency and the viability of a smallholder-led agricultural growth in Sri Lanka. The author obtained her Doctorate as well as her Master’ and the Bachelor’s degrees in Economics at the University of Colombo. She is currently a visiting lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Colombo.
The author presents a book to Prof. Sirimal Abeyratne