Date of Award

1968

Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Geography

Department

Geography

Chief Instructor

James M. Blaut

Keywords

tobacco, farming, farmers, Ceylon, Sri Lanka, economics, agriculture, Jaffna Peninsula

Abstract

This thesis is concerned with an effort to apply the micro-geographic and historical approaches to the study of the changes that have occurred in the system of agriculture in the Jaffna Peninsula, in Ceylon, over a period of four to five centuries. An attempt will also be made to describe the farming operations as they are found today. Further, the factors that seem to preclude the farmers from adopting certain innovations in the system of agriculture, even though changes in the demand for tobacco necessitate some changes in the system, will be indicated.

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