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The main objective of this research was to investigate farmers’ attitude towards organic agriculture. Badulla and Ratnapura districts were purposely selected for the study as these districts have suitable environments for organic agriculture. A sample of 300 farmers was randomly selected and a field survey was carried out to collect data from July 2017 to April 2018. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Results revealed that, majority of the farmers had a good knowledge about organic agriculture. While farmers were having a positive attitude towards health enhancing aspects and environmental protecting aspects of organic agriculture, they had a negative attitude towards the complexity of organic agriculture and unavailability of proper local market for organic products. Therefore, it can be concluded that, if necessary conditions are there, farmers can be motivated towards organic agriculture in these districts. Creating good marketing facilities for organic products, providing required facilities for the production of organic food as well as processing and value addition will promote organic agriculture among more farmers, supporting sustainable development in these districts.
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Pushpa Malkanthi, S.H. (2020). Managing Organic Agriculture: Case of Badulla and Ratnapura Districts in Sri Lanka. In: Malhotra, V.K., Fernando, R.L.S., Haran, N.P. (eds) Disaster Management for 2030 Agenda of the SDG. Disaster Research and Management Series on the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4324-1_15
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