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... Mahaweli Project's primary goals is to transform the rural people from subsistence to commercial farmers . - " The Mahaweli farms in order to be geared to surplus production rather than subsistence pro- duction , require some form of ...
... Mahaweli Project's primary goals is to transform the rural people from subsistence to commercial farmers . - " The Mahaweli farms in order to be geared to surplus production rather than subsistence pro- duction , require some form of ...
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... MAHAWELI - UNP'S GREAT HOPE . Pauline Dodge , in Guardian Sri Lanka , Vol . 4 March 1st , 1982 . T his article is interesting for the information it provides on the financial problems of the ' Ac- celerated Mahaweli Development ...
... MAHAWELI - UNP'S GREAT HOPE . Pauline Dodge , in Guardian Sri Lanka , Vol . 4 March 1st , 1982 . T his article is interesting for the information it provides on the financial problems of the ' Ac- celerated Mahaweli Development ...
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... Mahaweli scheme already completed - those parts that had received more study and analysis than just that provided by the Master Plan - NEDECO states , " obvious require- ments for success are often not available . " Deficien- cies ...
... Mahaweli scheme already completed - those parts that had received more study and analysis than just that provided by the Master Plan - NEDECO states , " obvious require- ments for success are often not available . " Deficien- cies ...
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