Geography
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2024-03-29T06:34:09ZTransformational Adaptation in Agriculture under Climate Change: A Case Study in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka.
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Transformational Adaptation in Agriculture under Climate Change: A Case Study in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka.
Dharmasiri, L. M.; Jayarathne, M.
Transformational adaptation defines as 'changes the fundamental attributes of a system in
response to climate and its effects.' Farmers deal with the natural environment and its components such as
rainfall, temperature, humidity, and soil condition, which have a high range of variability and uncertainty for
their cultivation. The present study focused on the impacts of climate change on the settler community who
engage in agriculture as their mainstay and respond to the scenario. Quantitative and qualitative methods
have been applied. Twenty samples from a village in the NCP have been selected. Primary outcomes of this
study are (a) total awareness of perceptions on climate change; (b) the ambient temperature has been
increasing and resulting in more heat stress; (c) frequent and severe occurrence of extreme rainfall anomalies
and increasing trend of natural calamities. The area farmers have been adopting several strategies to
overcome the negative impacts of climate change, such as transforming from intensification to more
intensification that can be identified as Climate Smart Agriculture; crop diversification and adaptation of
drought tolerance crops; transforming from agriculture to animal husbandry, and out-migration of
unemployed or evicted youth from agriculture to non-agriculture. Institutional involvement is essential to
strengthening the adaptative strategies of the people by providing an appropriate crop calendar and suitable
crop combination and aware of the way of improving the use of the efficiency of available water for
improving the living standard of the people.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZExploring the Impact of Planned Relocation on Agricultural Income Generation in Sri Lanka: A Case of Landslide Induced Resettlement in Y District
http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/25069
Exploring the Impact of Planned Relocation on Agricultural Income Generation in Sri Lanka: A Case of Landslide Induced Resettlement in Y District
Jayasinghe, Naduni; Fernando, Nishara; Amaratunga, Dilanthi; Haigh, Richard; Gunathilake, Kithugasmulle Lekamalage Wathsala Indeevarie
The recent global acknowledgement of the importance of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in steering the world towards sustainable development can be discerned in the Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Ironically, certain DRR strategies like planned relocation have often undermined agricultural production, which is paramount for achieving certain Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as ‘Zero Poverty’ and ‘Zero Hunger’. This paper explores the impact of planned relocation on the agricultural income generating activities of rural communities relocated under a landslide induced relocation program executed in the Y district of Sri Lanka. Further, it discusses the extent to which the outcomes of said relocation program comply with the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda, thereby informing future policy directions towards planning, designing and executing DRR measures aimed at sustainable development. This study drew on a survey administered among 435 households who have been resettled under said project. The data was analyzed using the descriptive statistical method interactively with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and the MS Excel software. The findings of this study show that relocation has generated unfavorable outcomes for relocatees who depended on agriculture as primary or subsidiary source of income. This group of relocatees was also characterized by pre-existing vulnerabilities, rendering it difficult for them to adapt to the risks and stresses caused by relocation. Agricultural income generating activities are particularly threatened by relocation initiatives, as such activities are reliant on immovable assets like land. Therefore, special attention should be paid to rebuilding livelihoods of agricultural communities in planning, designing and implementing relocation programs. Given the significance of agriculture in achieving certain SDGs, failure to do so will lend to dissonance between DRR measures and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, subduing the efficacy of DRR in protecting development gains.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZModelling the Learner’s Perspectives on Mobile Learning in Higher Education
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Modelling the Learner’s Perspectives on Mobile Learning in Higher Education
Dolawattha, D.D.M.
Mobile learning is a novel learning technique prevailing in the modern world. It has been identified that the important and balanced contribution from different stakeholders are required to create an environment for a better mobile learning experience. There are many reasons for learners to select mobile learning as an environment for their academic activities. The main objective of this study is modelling the learner influencing factors on mobile learning adoption for their learning activities in applicable and sustainable manner. The six main adoption factors are identified for the proposed model namely usefulness, interactivity, motivation, attitude, facilitating conditions, and ease of use. In the evaluation process, online pre-usage and post-usage questionnaires were used to introduce above six factors and 150 undergraduate students were obtained as a sample. Initially, the students were asked to fill the pre-usage questionnaire and secondly, they were obtained in the novel mobile learning system by using its features and facilities and finally, asked to fill the post-usage questionnaire. Results of the present study reveals that the most significant influencing factor is “Interactivity” on the learner’s mobile learning adoption. In conclusion, incorporating interactivity, usefulness, motivation, attitude, facilitating conditions and ease of use into the mobile learning adoption can better explain the learner perspectives in applicable and sustainable mobile learning framework
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Influence on Mobile Learning: Mobile Learning Contents, Higher Education Institutes, and Communication Technology
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The Influence on Mobile Learning: Mobile Learning Contents, Higher Education Institutes, and Communication Technology
Dolawattha, D.D.M.
In the present era, mobile learning has secured a
better position in modern technology base learning paradigms.
It surpasses other conventional learning methods because of
ubiquity, mobility, attractive content, facilitated connectivity,
and institutional engagements. The main objective of this study
is to identify how mobile learning content, higher education
institute, and communication technology factors influence
learners and tcachers when using sustainable mobile learning in
higher education. Through the literature reviewn we developed
three separate impact models i,e. mobile learning content,
higher education institute, and communication technology with
separate impact factors. We used pre and post usage survey
questionnaires of60 tea0hers and 60 learners to evaluate these
models. Primarily, they were asked to fill the pre-usage
questionnaire with their initial mobile learning experience.
Then, they were allowed to use the modified Moodle mobile app
and asked to fill the post-usage questionnaire. The results reveal
that the most significant influencing factors are, ease of use in
mobile learning content, and facilitating conditions for higher
education institutes and communication technology models.
Finally, we can conclude that users prefer to have easy to use
mobile learning content with better service facilities in higher
education institutes and communication technologies.
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