New research by the Colombo based economic think-tank, the Institute of Policy Studies says that traditional rice varieties 
that went out favor in the last 60 years with the advent of hybrids, are much more reseilient than their successors. My story for the Thomson Reuters Foundation http://www.trust.org/item/20131010112839-bhdna/?source=hptop
One way Sri Lanka can better manage its water resources in the face of changing monsoon patterns is through centuries-old water reservoirs, experts say.
Experts at the Colombo-based International Water Management Institute (IWMI) say one way to ease fluctuating rice harvests (due to increasingly erratic monsoon seasons) is to use thousands of ancient small irrigation reservoirs spread out in the Northern, North Central, Eastern, North Western and Southern provinces. – http://www.irinnews.org/report/98503/could-sri-lanka-get-irrigation-boost-from-ancient-reservoirs
In this radio feature, Desiree Francis talks about Agroforestry to her listeners. Her guest who has over 30 years of experience with forests speaks about why this is beneficial for Pakistan…
http://climatechange.panossouthasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/AGRO-FORESTRY-FINAL.mp3
