Objectives

Using qualitative and quantitative scientific information perform land use recommendations for irrigation and other development projects.

Functions

• Conduct general purpose and specific soil surveys.
• Determine all possible land use options for a given land and prepare land use plan for the area.
• Producing soil maps, land use maps and potential land use maps in national, provincial, district, project and farm level.
• Providing soil data for planning and designing irrigation projects.
• Make recommendations of crops and other land use types for irrigation projects.
• Providing water quality data of irrigation project and other water resources.
• Make quantitative assessments of potential hazards such as erodibility, potential acidity, alkalinity and salinity.
• Conduct chemical and physical analysis for soil and water.
• Conduct research on soil properties and water quality.

Head of Section

Ms. G.P.R. Silva
Director - Land use

Office: +94 112 583 474

Mobile:+94 716 832 278

Fax:     +94 112 583 474

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