Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences

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The Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences is published twice a year, in June and December, by the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. The journal publishes articles in Sinhala, Tamil and English languages, covering the entire range of social sciences focusing on Sri Lanka and/or other South Asian countries.

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    Producer's response to fertilizer subsidies - the experience in the coconut industry
    (NARESA:Colombo, 1983) Paranavitana, C.
    The author examines the initial response and actual fertilizer consumption patterns of coconut growers under the government's Fertilizer Subsidy Schemes for the 1956-78 period and finds that the scheme failed to arrest the declining trend in fertilizer use during the 1970s.With the aid of several cross-section studies,the author identifies a number of reasons for low response to the scheme.They are namely:bad weather spells,increasing dominance of the small-holder in the industry,lagged response of the authorities to large price increases,poor distribution network,and the failure of government extension services.The author argues that a comprehensive policy embracing subsidies,easy credit,efficient distribution of fertilizer and better extension services should have replaced the subsidy only policy.
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