Rice production in Sri Lanka

Paddy field in Sammanthurai, Ampara District.

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 monsoon seasons. It is estimated that about 708,000 hectares of land uses for paddy.^[1] The seasons are called Maha season and Yala season. (Literally, Sinhala word Maha means bigger and Yala means lesser.^[2]) Maha Season starts by September and ends by March during North-east monsoon, and Yala season starts by May and ends by August.

Production statistics

Season	Production ('000 Bushels)	Year
Maha season	137,882^[3]	2014/15
Yala season	93,091^[4]	2015
Total	230,963

References

↑ "Paddy Statistics". Department of Census and Statistics.
↑ "Know the Etymology: 292". TamilNet.
↑ "2014/2015 MAHA SEASON" (PDF).
↑ "2015 YALA SEASON" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics.

Sri Lanka topics

Overviews

History

Periods	Prehistory Early kingdoms period Anuradhapura period Polonnaruwa period Transitional period Crisis of the Sixteenth Century Kandyan period History of British Ceylon History of Sri Lanka (1948–present)
Epochs	Mahavamsa Vijaya Tambapanni Upatissa Nuwara Anuradhapura Polonnaruwa Jaffna Dambadeniya Gampola Kotte Sitawaka Kandy Portuguese Ceylon Dutch Ceylon British Ceylon Kandyan Wars Uva Rebellion Matale Rebellion Independence movement Dominion of Ceylon Civil War
Topics	Chronicles Ancient capitals Monarchs Demographic Economic Education Military

Government

Law	Constitution Constitutional Council
Executive	President Executive Office Cabinet / Ministries Administrative Service National Security Council Law enforcement
Judiciary	Supreme Court Court of appeal High Courts District courts Magistrate's Courts Primary Courts Labour Tribunal
Legislature	Parliament Prime Minister Office Speaker Deputy speaker and chairman of committees Deputy Chairman of Committees Leader of the House Leader of the Opposition Chief Government Whip Chief Opposition Whip Secretaries-General 15th Parliament Members
National security	Armed Forces Air Force Army Navy Coast Guard Intelligence State Intelligence Service Directorate of Military Intelligence Criminal Investigation Department Sri Lanka Police Service

Politics

Geography

Administrative divisions
- Provinces
- Districts
- Divisional Secretary's Divisions
- Municipalities
  - Cities
- Wards
- Grama Niladhari divisions
  - Towns

Economy

Industries
- Beer
- Cinnamon
- Coconut
- Coffee
- Gems
- Rice
- Rubber
- Sugar
- Tea
- Tourism

Society

Topics	Birth Demographics Education Health Languages Sinhala Tamil Media People Public holidays Religion Social class Sport
Culture	Architecture Art Cinema Cuisine Dance Fashion Flag Folklore Literature Music National symbols Philosophy Radio Television Theatre World Heritage Sites
Issues	Capital punishment Crime Gender Inequality Human rights Immigration Illegal Immigration International rankings LGBT history LGBT rights Poverty Terrorism

Book
Category
Portal
WikiProject

Rice production in Asia
Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Artsakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan
Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.