Agricultural Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri Lanka (PDF)

Dr. Buddhi Marambe is a Senior Professor at the Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He received his B.Sc. (Agriculture) from the University of Peradeniya, and his M.Agr. and D.Agr. degrees (Plant Environmental Sciences) from Hiroshima University, Japan. His main research focuses are on Weed Science, Climate Change and Food Security. Prof. Marambe is currently the President of the Weed Science Society of Sri Lanka (WSSSL), Chairman of the National Invasive Species Specialist Group (NISSG) and Chairman of the National Experts Committee on Climate Change Adaptation (NECCCA). He has also served as a consultant on agriculture-related issues to the World Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF).



Dr. Jeevika Weerahewa is a Professor of Agricultural Economics at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She holds B.Sc. and M.Phil. degrees in Agriculture from the University of Peradeniya, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Guleph, Canada. Her primary research area is Agricultural Policy Analysis. She has served as president of the Sri Lankan Agricultural Economics Association, a Collaborator of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a Hewlett Fellow of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, and a Fellow of the Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network.



Dr. Warshi Dandeniya is a Senior Lecturer and presently the Head of the Department of Soil Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She received her B.Sc. and M.Phil. degrees in Agriculture from the University of Peradeniya, and her Ph.D. in Soil Science from Cornell University, USA. Her expertise is in soil microbial ecology, and her