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Sri Lanka District details,        Districts 1 to 10 of 25
District Irrigation % AEZones SoilTypes N-status P-status K-status Soil and Nutrient Mgmt OM types
Ampara
78 
Low Country Dry & Intermediate Zones Alfisols
Entisols
Low Low Low Rice - Rice dry season
Maize - Cowpeas
Crop Residue
Anuradhapura
83 
Low Country Dry & Intermediate Zones Alfisols Low Medium Medium Rice - Rice dry season
Maize - Sesame
Chilli - Sesame
Onion - Chilli - Eggplants
Poultry manure
Badulla
60 
Low, Mid & Up-Country Intermediate Zone Entisols
Inceptisols
Alfisols
Low High Medium Rice - Potato - GreanBeans
Rice - Rice dry season
Chilli - Fallow
Millet - Fallow
Maize - Fallow
Crop Residue
Poultry manure
Batticaloa
40 
Low Country Dry Zone Alfisols
Entisols
Low Low Low Rice - Rice dry season
Maize - Fallow
Colombo
26 
Low Country Wet Zone Ultisols
Histosols
Low High Low Rice - Rice dry season
Galle
Low and Mid Country Wet Zones Ultisols
Histosols
Low Medium Low Rice - Rice dry season
Gampaha
20 
Low Country Intermediate and Wet Zones Ultisols
Histosols
Low Low Low Rice - Rice dry season
Hambantota
78 
Low Country Dry & Intermediate Zones Alfisols Low Low Low Rice - Rice dry season
Green Gram - Fallow
Cowpea - Fallow
Crop Residue
Jaffna
80 
Low Country Dry Zone Oxisols
Entisols
Low Medium Low Chillies - Fallow
Cabbage - Fallow
Rice - Rice dry season
Rice - Onions
Onions - Fallow
Chillies - Rice
Kalutara
14 
Low and Mid Country Wet Zones Ultisols
Histosols
Low Medium Low Rice - Rice dry season