Biography:
Dr. Lalith Amathunga Head/Department of Export Agriculture, Uva Wellassaa University of Sri Lanka, is a dedicated Agricultural Extensionist and environmentalist graduated as B.Sc. Agriculture from University Ruhuna in 1987 and he obtained his Master's degree of M.Sc. Environmental Science from the University of Colombo in 2000 specializing in the impact of climate change on tea productivity. He doctored in the field of Agricultural Extension specializing in Public-Private Partnership Extension in the tea sector from the University of Peradeniya in 2015. He worked as a Senior advisory officer at Tea Research Institute in 1991-2010 and as Senior Manager of Tea Extension at John Keells Group in 2011-2020, and currently working as a Senior Lecturer in Uva Wellassaa University of Sri Lanka.
Title : Integrating ethno-climatology knowledge to enhance climate resilience in organic tea cultivation: A case study of Sri Lankan tea smallholders
Title : Assessing the effectiveness of digital farm field school extension approach for technology dissemination to tea smallholdings in Sri Lanka