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Shortage of farmer equipments and raw materials

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Land fragmentation 🗺️

Lack of labours who has proper farming skills🤕

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1.Lack of knowledge on technology

2.Less interaction with agricultural officers

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Labour issues

Pet & diseases issues

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📚 Lack of Knowledge and Tools
	•	Many farmers still use old farming methods.
	•	They don’t have modern machines to make work easier.
	•	Most don’t get training or advice to improve their farming.

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📚 Lack of Knowledge and Tools
	•	Many farmers still use old farming methods.
	•	They don’t have modern machines to make work easier.
	•	Most don’t get training or advice to improve their farming.

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Knowledge gaps & low mechanization

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Wild animal,pets attack

Fertilizer problem

Financial problem

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1.Damage to crops by wild animals

2.Scarcity of water for crop cultivation during dry season

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1. Farmers lack clean drinking water.

2. Farmers lack proper technical knowledge.

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1.Water scarcity in most of the months.

2.Harms to crops due to pests and diseases .

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MI is located in the dry zone, and sometimes farmers do not have enough water for cultivation.

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•Problems with the amount and timing of water provided.

•Fertilizer subsidy not received on time

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1. Fertilizer subsidy is not enough for the cultivation. And rather than money as the subsidy, they prefer fertilizer itself, as money can be spent on other purposes.

2. Water scarcity

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Fluctuation of prices during harvesting time, prominently in paddy cultivation , on harvesting  time , the price will be decreased.

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Fluctuation of prices during harvesting time, prominently in paddy cultivation , on harvesting  time , the price will be decreased.

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Climate Changes

Not enough money for the fertilizer

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Lack of water

Low market prices for their harvest

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Do not receive sufficient water on time.

Pest attacks. (eg: Mealybug)

Wild animal attacks (eg: Peacock)

Labour shortage

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1. They haven't find quality fertilizer for their fields

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Climate change and weather uncertainity

Pest attacks

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Water shortage

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Don't have proper knowledge or technology 

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Don't have proper knowledge or technology 

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Less transport facilities

Damage crops due to wild animals

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2.economical crisis

3.lack of fertilizer

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• Price pluctuation of Agriculture products/ yield.

• Pest and disease attacks

•High price of Agriculture inputs

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High temperature and water supply issues by canel distributing

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Don't having control price for harvest.

Crop damage due to the wild animals.

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They dont have good price and market for their agricultural products

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They dont have good price and market for their agricultural products

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Advers wether problems like high temperature during yala season

Iirigation problems

Higher input cost

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Insufficient income to buy fertilizer.

The damages caused by pest attack ( sena dalambuwa)

Insufficient water for cultivations.

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There is a shortage of money to meet their daily needs.

It's hard to protect food from wild animals

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Low water availability during dry seasons.

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1.Laber Shortage

2.Fertilizer shortage and high-priced fertilizer on the market

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Kidney disease

Pest diseases (Red palm veevil attac for coconut plants )

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Fertilizer subsidy not received on time

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1. Water Scarcity – Limited irrigation water during dry seasons affects paddy and other crops.

2. Pest and Disease Attacks – Outbreaks like fall armyworm damage maize and other crops.

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 Our farm family have a one problem.therare is The water in the springs is not suitable for drinking.The water is too brackish.

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 Our farm family have a one problem.therare is The water in the springs is not suitable for drinking.The water is too brackish.

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1 spread damping off to cucurbitaceae crops

2 wild animal attack for crops

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Damage crops due to wild animals

Less transport facility

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•They are lack of advice about new farming methods and how to avoid pests and insects attacks.

•They are facing a big problem with irrigation system

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Farmer-1

There is a problem in water management .farmers do not have a chance to give their ideas and everything manage by headoffice.

Farmer- 2

There is a lack of advises.officers do not involve to their duties.

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1. Climate change

2. economic pressures such as rising input costs

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Lack of knowledge in modern technology

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Water distribution problems

Fertilizer problems

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Coconut beetle attack

High Labour fees

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*Pest & Insects Issues like පැළමැක්කා

*Weeds issues ex:බඩදැල්ල,කුඩුකේජු

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Irrigation problems , not enough water

Wildlife damage

Not enough harvest ant selling prize

Too much prize seeds and fertilizer

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Climate changes

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Non-communicable diseases that have afflicted villagers

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Non-communicable diseases that have afflicted villagers

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They haven't enough advisory programmes for their problems in the field from relavent advisory officers.

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1. Climatic changes (heavy rain/drought)

2. Youth don't like to engage in agriculture

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They are suffering from damages doing by coconut insects in coconut cultivation .

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Lack of technological knowledge about agricultural technology 

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Lack of technological knowledge about agricultural technology 

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There is no fair price for the yield in market

Fertilizer prices are very high.

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*Difficulties in handling new technologies

*Pest attacks

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1.Animals are destroying to farmers crop cultivation

2. Farmers can't get water at the needed time for them

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Raining cycle cannot be identified in these days

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Farmers don't get a good price for their crops

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2.Lack of knowledge & technology

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Issues in MI Ara

.Water scarcity, post-harvest problems

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1.There is no good interaction between farmers and agricultural instructors

2. Not receiving fertilizer on time. So they have to buy them.

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Post harvest loses is high due to lack of the storage facilities

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1.poor market access and price fluctuations

2.crop pests and diseases

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1.Lack of knowledge about post harvest management

2.Issues in transporting & labour shortage

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Unavailable of the quality planting materials & seeds

Lack of the modern knowledge & technology

Insufficient of water management

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 * Transportation difficulties, road construction deficiencies 

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 * Transportation difficulties, road construction deficiencies 

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1. Price Fluctuations of farm products

2. Lack of knowledge on modern agriculture technologies

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Difficulties in cultivating crops due to problems with rainfall distribution

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Difficulties in cultivating crops due to problems with rainfall distribution

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Inadequate provision of fertilizer subsidies

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2.some farmers do not have enough land for cultivate.

3.farmers do not have land ownership.

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1.Lack of knowledge about post harvest management.

2.Issues of transporting & labour shortage.

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MI farm has seeds, but they are not plentiful and some types of seeds are difficult to find.

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wild animal attacks(elephants,peacock)

Youth leaving farming

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Pest damages

Soil erosion and fertility loss

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Not having fertilizer on right time

Not having enough water for their cultivations

Not having solutions for coconut weevil.

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1-Farmers often do not receive a fair price for their produce.

2-Pest and Wild animal attacks to field

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1.Wlild animal attackto their crops

2. Fertilizer subsidies not being received on time

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Debt and financial issues

Poor infrastructure

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Wild animals caused damages

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They don,t know how to use technological machinery 

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They don,t know how to use technological machinery 

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Government didn't given fertilizer money properly 

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Government didn't given fertilizer money properly 

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1 .Our farm family grow guvawa but some kind of disease or fertilizer wrong interput their cultivation  

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1 .Our farm family grow guvawa but some kind of disease or fertilizer wrong interput their cultivation  

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High cost of inputs

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Pest diseases they haven't pesticides and knowledge about it

No enough fertilizers

They can't get necessary fertilizers because they have so many financial problems .

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Water Scarcity

Lack of technology and resources

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Water Scarcity– Irregular rainfall and limited irrigation facilities affect crop production.

2.Crop Diseases and Pest Attacks Farmers often face yield loss due to inadequate pest and disease control measures.

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Wild animals damage crops

Not enough water for crops

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Farmers in the MI Ara area face significant issues with seed supply.

Low market price for yield

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Farmers have stopped cutivation of Soybean because of the lack of water

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Temperature is higher

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Pest Infestations: Limited access to effective pest control solutions exacerbates crop losses.

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Pest Infestations: Limited access to effective pest control solutions exacerbates crop losses.

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Irregularities in the water distribution system under the Mahaweli project.

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Increase in chemical fertilizer prices

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1. Less government involvement

2. Labour shortage

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1)Not getting a fair price for the harvest

2)Damage to crops by wild animals such as peacock

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Attack by wield animals & less transport facility 

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Attack by wield animals & less transport facility 