Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of asweddumization.
The aswaddumization as well as the cultivation of this land has been the same as puranawela and therefore, the equality of the community had been maintained until the introduction of the Green Revolution Package in 1960s.
2015 December, MM Jayawardena, “Development Discourse of Minor Tank Villages in Sri Lanka”, in International Journal of Science and Research, volume 4, number 12, →ISSN2 more examples
More than that, with the increased population pressure, encroachments on drainage and right-of-way reservations and right-of-way reservations and the aswaddumization of land earmarked for upland crops has continued to increase the area under paddy.
1984, CM Wijeratne, Economic analysis of productivity and equity issues in irrigation distribution, page 3The Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council has taken initiatives to cultivate 8,850 acres of barren paddy lands in line with the national agriculture revolution programme of the Government. The commencement of the aswaddumization programme was held recently under the patronage of Sabaragamuwa Governor Marshal Perera at the Morawatte paddy fields at Ruwanwella recently.
2017 October 12, Dharma Sri Abeyratne, “Barren paddy lands to be cultivated”, in Daily News
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