Abstract:
The potato can identify as a commercial crop that only second for the paddy
and wheat among the main harvest throughout the world. It takes the fourth
place among the economical crops. Potato has introduced to Sri Lanka in the
early 1850s and the most suitable area for the expansion of potatoes is the area
which 4000 feet above sea level. Both “Yala” and “Maha” seasons are
cultivated by only Nuwaraeliya and Badulla districts. Except those, Kandy,
Ratnapura, Jaffna, and Puttalam cultivate potatoes. There is a high production
cost for potatoes and the most for seed potatoes. Hence, the problem of the
study is to identify which seed potato combination is influencing the low cost
with high production. The sample of the study is 36 farmers who grow
potatoes in selected five villages in Hewanakumbura Grama Niladhari
Division under a Simple random sampling method. Data in the study is
presented in descriptive statistics. Among the methods of obtaining seed
potatoes, it was revealed that the best way to obtain high production at low
cost is to produce the seed potatoes themselves. The government should
intervene in this regard to educate the farmer on the productivity of seed
potatoes and modern production methods.
