Mohamed Gazzaly Mohamed Thariq

South Eastern University of Sri Lanka | SEUSL · Department of Biosystems Technology

This study was conducted to find maize germplasms that provide higher forage yield with a high nutritional composition. Eight local maize landraces were cultivated with a control variety Badra in Agrotech Park, Malwatta, Sri Lanka, with all recommended agronomical techniques. The nutritional contents and yield characteristics of fodder maize were e...

The present study was conducted to identify the associated factors with morbidity and mortality of goats in extensive and semi-intensive farming systems. A sample of 266 goat farmers of three districts i.e., Ampara, Batticaloa and Trincomalee in the eastern province were randomly selected with the assistance of veterinary offices. A pre-tested ques...

Agricultural development is essential to minimize poverty, enhance broader prosperity, and supply food to an increased population in the future. Labor-intensive agriculture is common in low and middle-income countries. Small and medium-scale farm operations are predominant in those countries and the diffusion of technologies is slower when compared...

Purpose: Some literature on feeding kitchen food waste (KFW) to domestic animals is available. However, the quantifi-cation of such consumption by those animals is limited. This study attempts to investigate how various domestic animals contribute to disposing of the KFW by feeding in rural and semi-urban areas of the eastern province of Sri Lanka....

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most widely cultivated cereal crops in the world as well as in Sri Lanka. Data on the nutritional composition of maize is beneficial for the food and feed industry, but there is a lack of information regarding this avenue in Sri Lanka. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the suitable landraces with higher nu...

Remarkable improvements in broiler management made its meat available at low cost. To what extent management practices are adopted by local farmers and their effects on broiler production performance are not well documented in the Sri Lankan context. Hence, the present study investigated the effects of management factors on broiler production. One...

Opportunities exist to circulate energy and nutrients from different food waste through animals. Though the kitchen food waste consumption by domestic and stray animals in the ecosystems is observed, the understanding of the contribution of various animals in the disposal of the kitchen food waste is limited. Hence, this study was an attempt to inv...

The comprehension of Earth's surface thermal behavior and its effects on environmental processes hinges on Land Surface Temperature (LST). In Ampara District, the summers bring sweltering heat and cloudy skies, whereas the winters are short, mild, and frequently accompanied by rain and predominantly overcast conditions. The climate in Ampara Dis-tr...

The goat population in the eastern province is 20.7% of the total goat population in the country and most of the farmers are rural and partially or fully depend on the goats for their livelihood. The local goats are poor meat producers; thus, farmers get insufficient income from goat farming. The socio-economic characteristics of the rural goat far...

Filling paddy bags by hand is a common task during harvesting, but it can cause musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in various body regions. The current study aims to evaluate posture and find an association between MSDs and body posture scores. The Nordic questionnaire and rapid entire body assessment (REBA) were used to collect MSDs and postures fro...

Policy Document of Flood Risk

Leaching depletes soil nutrients and minerals, reducing soil fertility and affecting global food security. Assessing the effects of biochar on nutrient retention and leaching is essential since adding biochar to soil may effectively boost soil stability. For a 90-day column leaching experiment, we blended samples of sandy loam soil with different a...

The chicken egg is a high-quality protein food widely consumed all over the world. Consumer acceptance is a determining factor of egg quality with respect to cleanliness, freshness, egg weight, shell quality, yolk index, albumen index, Haugh unit and chemical composition. The present study investigated the physical quality characteristics of eggs o...

Cattle farming waste disposal is an important concern with regard to promoting organic farming and environmental sustainability. The main objective of this study was to investigate the disposal methods of cattle farm waste in the Ampara district and to identify problems faced by cattle farm owners in disposing of the waste generated. Eight veterina...

Maize is one of the most important cereal crops in Sri Lanka and the world. With the increase of the world population, demand for maize keeps on increasing, which is accelerated by the increasing demand for poultry feed, for which maize is the main energy source. The loss of grain in quantity and the deterioration of quality by storage pests remain...

Integrating ergonomics into the manual long handle hoe design will minimize work-related musculoskeletal disorders while improving farm workers' health and safety, consequently improving the performance. To what extent ergonomic design aspects have been incorporated into the existing manual hoe types used by farmworkers in Sri Lanka for different p...

Ampara district is mainly crop-growing region with a significant number of paddy lands. In addition, a large number of rural households engage in goat farming and rely on it for a considerable amount or all of their income. Goats are valuable animals in smallholder farming systems because they assist disadvantaged farmers in improving their socioec...

Cattle farming waste disposal is an important concern with regard to promoting organic farming and environmental sustainability. The main objective of this study was to investigate the disposal methods of cattle farm waste in the Ampara district and to identify problems faced by cattle farm owners in disposing of the waste generated. Eight veterina...

In Sri Lanka, poultry meat and eggs are considered as essential food commodities which provide animal protein at relatively a low cost. The country's demand for chicken meat and eggs is satisfied mainly through the local supply chain. Ampara district is an area located in Sri Lanka where poultry farms are functioning on both small and medium scales...

The poultry items are viewed as fundamental food item providing animal protein at a relatively low cost in Sri Lanka. The demand for chicken meat and eggs in the country is satisfied through local supply. Ampara district is an area where poultry farms are run on a small and medium scale. On the other hand, poultry farming generates large quantity o...

Ampara District in Sri Lanka is a center for a large number of farming families where a large number of people are engaged in cattle rearing as their livelihood. A highest population of cattle are reared in the Kalmunai regional health division which is belongs to the Ampara District. The stray cattle has been become serious concern in recent days...

Coconut is the second most important food and it is a highly demanded agricultural commodity in Sri Lanka. Supply shock and the price fluctuation is one of the major problem faced by coconut consumer. Therefore, estimating coconut demand is a needful topic to predict coconut production. The study estimated the domestic coconut income demand elastic...

Available native chicken products in the prevailing market is highly demanded by the consumers. However, value-added native chicken products are less available in the market. It is obvious that the value addition of a product leads the producers to increase their profit margin sustainably. Therefore, this study investigated the consumer preference...

The success of Dairy farming, as a livelihood, depends on milk production and marketing. This study was carried out in Horawapoththana and Kahadagasdigiliya DS divisions with the objectives of studying the management system, evaluating the milk marketing system and analyzing the income generation of cattle rearing livelihood project beneficiaries....

The chairs with mounted desktop are widely used in the lecture halls of Sri Lankan universities. An anthropometric survey was carried out among the university students in Sri Lanka to design fixed-type and side-mounted desktop chair and to assess the comfort levels of it based on the design dimensions. The first part of the study focused on design...

A questionnaire was used to assess how sensations of sitting discomfort (physical) and comfort (emotional) factors affected the discomfort and comfort perceptions experienced by subjects while sitting in office chairs of three distinct designs. Body posture movements were recorded on video. Factor analysis validated the factor structure of comfort...