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The great part of cocoa cultivation occurs in the Matale, Kandy, Badulla, Kurunegala, Kegalle and Monaragala districts. The first cocoa plants were introduced to the country in 1819. [1] Recent years cocoa production has increased by nearly $22.6 million (2015). [2] In 2019, the country ranked 30th of the largest cocoa producers in the world.
Chena is the oldest cultivation method in Sri Lanka, it goes far back as more than 5,000 years.(Before the Anuradhapura Kingdom) [1] [2] it the dry zone, the recovery of a chena plot proceeds through various stages of succession, (active chena, abandoned chena, chena re-growth, scrub with pioneer three species, scrub with secondary tree species, secondary forest, secondary forest with primary ...
Its fruits, cocoa pods, grow along its trunk and thicker branches, [1] which when ripe are cut down with knives and machetes. These pods are cut or cracked open using knives or clubs, revealing 30–45 oval beans (the seed of the plant) covered in a white pulp. They are removed by hand, and the placenta they are attached to is removed. [2]
It is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka and accounts for 2% of GDP, generating roughly $700 million annually to the economy of Sri Lanka. It employs, directly or indirectly over 1 million people, and in 1995 directly employed 215,338 on tea plantations and estates. Sri Lanka is the world's fourth largest producer of tea.
Pages in category "Cocoa production" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... Cocoa production in Sri Lanka; Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria;
The production of coconuts is the main source of Sri Lanka economy, with 12% of cultivated land and 409,244 hectares used for coconut growing (2017). Sri Lanka established its Coconut Development Authority and Coconut Cultivation Board and Coconut Research Institute in the early British Ceylon period. [111]
Thembili kiosk by a main road in Sri Lanka Red king coconut, a rare variety/form that has pink-color under epicarp.. King coconut (Cocos nucifera var aurantiaca) is a variety of coconut, native to Sri Lanka, where it is known as Thæmbili (Sinhala තැඹිලි), also found in India and Indonesia. [1]
The following list provides the 704 species of common trees and shrubs of flora of Sri Lanka under 95 families. The list is according to A Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of Sri Lanka, by Mark Ashton, Savitri Gunatilleke, Neela de Zoysa, M.D. Dassanayake, Nimal Gunatilleke and Siril Wijesundera. [1]