Mr. N.M.K.C. Premarathne

• SPECIALTY: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND STATISTICSAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND LAW

• MPHIL. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (READING),POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA, SRI LANKA

  BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB) (READING) , FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ,THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

  BSC.(SPECIAL) AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE ,UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA, SRI LANKA

• RAPPORTEUR: SECTION F (SOCIAL SCIENCE), SRI LANKA ASSOCIATION OF ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (SLAAS) IN 2017/18

• COMPLETED A CERTIFICATE COURSE ON FUNDAMENTALS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIO TECHNOLOGY (90HOURS+ PRACTICAL) AT AGRICULTURAL BIO TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA

  THREE-DAY ACADEMIC TRAINING ON THE WTO AGREEMENTS ON THE APPLICATION OF SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY (SPS) MEASURES AND TRADE RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (TRIPS) BY WTO (15TH -17TH SEP 2014), UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA

  FIVE-DAY WORKSHOP ON “START YOUR BUSINESS PROGRAMME” BY ILO AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION BOARD. (10TH – 15TH  JULY, 2015), UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA

• A MEMBER OF SRI LANKA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION

• N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE, SAHAN T.M, SHERMIN DE SILVA, U. SAMEERA WEERATHUNGA AND T.V. PUSHPAKUMARA., IMPACT OF CHANGED RAINFALL PATTERNS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND USAGE OF AVAILABLE WEATHER INFORMATION BY COMMUNITIES WHO FACE HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) IN UDAWALAWE, SRI LANKA DOI: 10.17501/ICCC.2017.1105

  N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE, J. WEERAHEWA, A. KATUGAHA., SELECTING THE COST-EFFECTIVE LOCATION TO ESTABLISH A PROCESSING CENTER FOR VALUE-ADDED FUEL WOOD SUPPLY NETWORK IN MONARAGALA: TRANSSHIPMENT MODEL APPROACH. SOUTH ASIAN SYMPOSIUM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 17-18TH MARCH IN 2016, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA

N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE, FACTORS AFFECTING TO LOAN REPAYMENT BEHAVIOR AND CREDIT RISK OF FARMERS IN KOTIYAGALA VILLAGE IN MONARAGALA DISTRICT.73RD ANNUAL SESSIONS OF SRI LANKA ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, 2017, COLOMBO, SRI LANKA

N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE, A.N. KODITHUWAKKU, A.I.Y. LANKAPURA, S.P.DISSANYAKE., A MODEL TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL LIVELIHOOD THROUGH BIODIVERSITY FINANCING INITIATIVE (BIOFIN) ON APICULTURE , 4TH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA, 17TH -18TH OCTOBER 2018

N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE, D.V.P. PRASADA., FARMER PARTICIPATION IN PADDY WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS FINANCING, A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS, INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SESSIONS 2017, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA

N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE, SAHAN T.M, SHERMIN DE SILVA, U. SAMEERA WEERATHUNGA AND T.V. PUSHPAKUMARA., ASSESSING POSSIBLE LIVELIHOOD IMPROVEMENTS FOR MITIGATING HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) IN UDAWALAWE, SRI LANKA, SRI LANKA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION 10TH ANNUAL RESEARCH FORUM, 08TH-09TH DECEMBER 2016, COLOMBO

N.M.K.C.PREMARATNE AND L.H.P. GUNARATHNE., ENRICH THE QUALITY OF SRI LANKAN DIET IDENTIFYING THE SOCIO ECONOMIC FACTORS AFFECTS TO THE FRUITS AND GREEN VEGETABLE INTAKE, SRI LANKA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION 12TH ANNUAL RESEARCH FORUM, 22ND FEBRUARY 2019, COLOMBO

W.M.R.N. KARUNARATHNA AND N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE., PRICE AND INCOME ELASTICITIES OF DEMAND FOR SELECTED VEGETABLES IN SRI LANKA, 11TH ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2019, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

P.H.G.R.K. WIMALASIRI, N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE, G.A.S. GINIGADDARA, A. WEWALDENIYA., IMPACTS OF PRESENT AGRICULTURE ON TANK ECOSYSTEMS IN SIWALAKULAMA CASCADE, SRI LANKA, 11TH ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2019 , FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF  SRI LANKA

N.K.G.E. SANJEEWA, A.M.K.R. BANDARA, N.M.K.C .PREMARATHNE., ADAPTABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SUSTAINABLE CERTIFICATION SCHEMES IN LOW COUNTRY TEA SECTOR, SRI LANKA, A CASE STUDY IN DENIYAYA, 10TH ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2018, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

S.C. RANASINGHE, K.W.H.A.N. SOMARATHNE, G.A.S. GINIGADDARA, N.MK.C.PREMARATHNE., THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF CARE ROLE OF WOMEN: A CASE STUDY IN KANDYAN HOME GARDENS, NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AGRO BIODIVERSITY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, FOOD AND NUTRITION. 23RD AND 24TH MAY 2019, PERADENIYA, SRI LANKA

G.P.W.S. ANURADHA, N.M.K.C. PREMARATHNE, G.A.S. GINIGADDARA., APPLICATION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN COPING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON FOOD PRODUCTION – A CASE STUDY IN CASCADED TANK- VILLAGE SYSTEM IN PALUGASWEWA , SRI LANKA 11TH ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2019 , FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF  SRI LANKA

A. SENARATHNE AND N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE, THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE: BRIDGING THE INFORMATION GAP THROUGH INNOVATIVE CLIMATIC INFORMATION PRODUCTS (CIPS) HTTP://CLIMATENET.BLOGSPOT.COM/2017/07/THE-CLIMATE-CHALLENGE-BRIDGING.HTML

N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE., UNSEEN NEGATIVES OF HUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICT, THE DAILY NEWS NEWSPAPER- 2018/02/26, HTTP://WWW.DAILYNEWS.LK/2018/02/26/FEATURES/ 143900/UNSEEN-NEGATIVES-HUMAN-ELEPHANT-CONFLICT

A .SENARATHNE AND N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE., CLIMATE INFORMATION PRODUCTS: THE  ISLAND NEWSPAPER – 2017 /07/14, HTTP://WWW.ISLAND.LK/INDEX.PHP?PAGE_CAT=ARTICLE-DETAILS&PAGE=ARTICLE-DETAILS&CODE_TITLE=168241

N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE., PADDY WAREHOUSE RECEIPT FINANCE:  THE ISLAND NEWSPAPER - 2019 /01/27-28

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N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE ., SOCIO ECONOMIC APPROACH TO STRENGTH THE FISHERIES SECTOR AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, NEELAHARITHA MAGAZINE 2017 VOL II,  CLIMATE CHANGE SECRETARIAT SRI LANKA, MINISTRY OF MAHAWELI DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT. PP-29 HTTP://WWW.CLIMATECHANGE.LK/PUBLICATIONS_2016/NEELAHARITHAMAGAZINE_2017.PDF

• W.M.R.N. KARUNARATHNA AND N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE., PRICE AND INCOME ELASTICITIES OF DEMAND FOR SELECTED VEGETABLES IN SRI LANKA, 11TH ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2019, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

  P.H.G.R.K. WIMALASIRI, N.M.K.C.PREMARATHNE, G.A.S. GINIGADDARA, A. WEWALDENIYA., IMPACTS OF PRESENT AGRICULTURE ON TANK ECOSYSTEMS IN SIWALAKULAMA CASCADE, SRI LANKA, 11TH ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2019 , FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF  SRI LANKA

  N.K.G.E. SANJEEWA, A.M.K.R. BANDARA, N.M.K.C .PREMARATHNE., ADAPTABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SUSTAINABLE CERTIFICATION SCHEMES IN LOW COUNTRY TEA SECTOR, SRI LANKA, A CASE STUDY IN DENIYAYA, 10TH ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2018, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

  S.C. RANASINGHE, K.W.H.A.N. SOMARATHNE, G.A.S. GINIGADDARA, N.MK.C.PREMARATHNE., THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF CARE ROLE OF WOMEN: A CASE STUDY IN KANDYAN HOME GARDENS, NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AGRO BIODIVERSITY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, FOOD AND NUTRITION. 23RD AND 24TH MAY 2019, PERADENIYA, SRI LANKA

  G.P.W.S. ANURADHA, N.M.K.C. PREMARATHNE, G.A.S. GINIGADDARA., APPLICATION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN COPING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON FOOD PRODUCTION – A CASE STUDY IN CASCADED TANK- VILLAGE SYSTEM IN PALUGASWEWA , SRI LANKA 11TH ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2019 , FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF  SRI LANKA