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Can Sri Lanka propose a New Growth Paradigm?
The discussion on ‘ Economic Development’ as a national goal, must demonstrate a perspective strongly rooted in modern science. However,...
Continue reading »Accountability and Universal Values in Development
Photo courtesy World Bank “If a tree falls in a forest and lands on a politician, even if you can’t...
Continue reading »Killing us slowly
When we ask the question, who uses pesticides? Followed by the question who promotes pesticides? It is relatively simple to...
Continue reading »Agricultural Madness
(Photo credit: Claude Dupuis, IDRC-CRDI) The current ‘development’ madness that affects agriculture also prevails over agricultural research and does not bode...
Continue reading »Packets of White Powder
Photo courtesy Arsenic and toxins found in baby rice food – what you need to know Suddenly, scores of packets of...
Continue reading »Climate Change
Image from Climate Change Adaptation Sri Lanka While awaiting to hear of the brilliant contributions that Sri Lanka has made to...
Continue reading »Restoring Shelter
The World Meteorological Organization, part of the United Nations, have just stated that the warmest 13 years of average global...
Continue reading »Desire, Violence and Leadership
Image courtesy Canadian Lawyers Abroad’s Blog It is the human being that should be the primary concern of any development programme. ...
Continue reading »Development or maldevelopment?
Image from Wikipedia In the current hype on ‘Development’ have any of us questioned its intent? Does it just mean...
Continue reading »De-globalisation: A paradigm for sustainable development?
Illustration by Claudio Munoz, courtesy the Economist “Do not look a gifted horse in the mouth” – So goes an...
Continue reading »Subsidizing Addiction?
‘Ware the mesmerizer he gives you flowers with his right hand and steals your gold with his left’ It was...
Continue reading »Future of Farming in Sri Lanka
Original photo from asianews.it Farming in a sustainable, productive manner has been a hallmark of every human tradition that has...
Continue reading »Right to Food: Ecologically based agriculture
Gannoruwa Agriculture Park. Photo credit Chaminda Wijesekara Background: “We” said the villager holding his dying child in that unspeakable agony...
Continue reading »Food or Poison?
Image courtesy Ceylon Luxury The food drive announced by the Government, Api Wawamu Rata Nagimu, has to look at the...
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