- Market information project
- Impact of ICT based agricultural extension on farming sector
- Impact of mechanization in paddy sector on rural labour market
- Seed Production and Marketing in Sri Lanka
- Critical examination of share cropping in paddy farming
- Development of fruit crop sector
- Factors affecting the determination of marketed surplus and storage decisions by paddy farmers in major producing areas
- Agri-food supply chain management: issues and challenges
- Land degradation: A review of concepts and definitions
- Eco-friendly farming in Sri Lanka
- Land fragmentation in Settlement Schemes.
- Assessment on rural financial market
Completed Research Projects 2010
At a time when the attention of the scientific community was focused on technological advances in agriculture based primarily on the development of high yielding varieties, it came to be perceived that social, economic and institutional factors required equal attention if such technological advances were to serve farmers and consumers alike over the long term. The HARTI was established in order to generate a range of policy analysis that would cover those key determinants of human and resource development in the agrarian sector. The institute was established in 1972 as a statutory board in collaboration with the UNDP/FAO, which functions under the Ministry of Agriculture.
It has developed into the premier national Institute in the field of socio-economic research relating to the use of land and water in Sri Lanka and has also developed the requisite skills and infrastructure for providing relevant training to farmers, field workers and managers in both the state and non-state sectors. The name of the Institute was changed as Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute in February 1995.
Latest Publications
Socio-Economic Condition of Diary Industry in Mahaweli H Area
By Sagarika Hitihamu and S.Epasinghe HARTI Research Rep ...
VIABILITY OF CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTAL AGRICULTURE FOR VEGETABLE FARMERS IN SRI LANKA
By Sharmini.K.Kumara,Renuka Weerakkody and Epasinghe S. & ...
AGRICULTURAL FORWARD CONTRACTS AS PRE-HARVEST COMMODITY MARKETING: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
By Nalaka Wijesooriya and Jayamini Champika HARTI Resea ...
SOCIO ECONOMIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF GREEN GRAM
By Rasika Wijesinghe,I.P.P.M.Wijesinghe and A.M.S.Per ...
COMPARATIVE STUDY ON CONSUMER PREFERENCE OF FRUIT DRINKS AND CARBONATED DRINKS IN SRI LANKAN BEVERAGE MARKET
By Roshini Rambukwella,Duminda Priyadarshana and Ruvi ...