Currently, the number of paddy fields in Sri Lanka is 800,000 hectares. The amount of paddy cultivated in the two seasons is 1.3 million hectares per year.

If AWD is adopted across Sri Lanka’s paddy farming fields, we could potentially reduce methane emissions by 245,000 tons annually.” Road ahead Taking AWD a step further, the project plans to conduct ...

Item 1 of 5 Nallathambi Mahendran, 67, a farmer, walks through his paddy field, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka July 28, 2022.

The earliest stone carving of paddy cultivation in Sri Lanka dates back to 939-940 AD, says Professor Buddhi Marambe, who specialises in weed science and food security.

In Sri Lanka, studies show methane emissions in flooded paddy fields average 570 mg/ha, but with AWD, this has been reduced to 325 mg/ha. “This has shown us that integrated water management is crucial ...

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