Paddy cultivation Archives

My clash with Philip Gunawardene in the parliament restaurant-by LC Aulpragasam Source:Island (Excerpted from Falling Leaves, an anthology of memoirs by LC Aulpragasam) A Personal Note In early 1958, I was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Agrarian Services Department, in charge of implementing the Paddy Lands Act of 1958, under the general direction of the Commissioner. As an officer of the CCS I already had some training and experience in law and administration as well as experience in wet and dry zone agriculture and irrigation. In setting out to draft the Administrative Regulations under the Act, I came across a number of structural, legal and operational considerations, which probably had not been foreseen by its authors – probably because this was the first time it was being looked at by an administrator with field experience. The deeper I delved, the more the legal challenges that I foresaw, and the greater the problems ...

Lessons Learned from the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture & Thereon – By Noor Rahim It was in February 1968 that I had the privilege and pleasure of meeting with the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture – University of Ceylon (Peradeniya Campus). He was a part of the Team that accompanied the Prime Minister of Ceylon, the Hon. Mr. Dudley Senanayake, at the inauguration of the “Green (agricultural) Revolution” that was being inaugurated in the Amparai District. I believe the Dean of the Agricultural Faculty was Professor Peter Seneviratne. The Dean arrived early at the Airport at Amparai, after the inauguration; and informed us that the Prime Minister was held up at a Political Rally; and would be arriving later on. ...