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Journal of Biotechnology and Phytochemistry| Volume: 2
October 25-26, 2018 | Frankfurt, Germany
Joint Event
Biotechnology & Medical Microbiology
World Congress on
3
rd
International Conference on
Food Science & Technology
Using traditional faiths and knowledge are secret of Science and Technology by Tamil community in
Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Thirumal Thayaruban
Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, Sri Lanka
S
ri Lanka has been enriched with Traditional Knowledge (TK)
on Medicines and Agriculture. After the arrival of western
culture, traditional faiths & knowledge are gradually started
eroding, because of which farmers now face lots of problems
such as difficulty in accessing agriculture, unbearably high
treatment costs etc. This paper is going to be remember and
document our Inheritance patterns using in agriculture &
food safety at Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. It is a qualitative research
based on secondary data analysis. Primarily, it is intended to
document the faiths & knowledge because existing researches
of the country does not provide adequate protection for TK.
While this study does not trial the efficacy of these methods,
it provides an indication of what methods are being used and
therefore a starting point for further researches in Sri Lanka.
The findings were classified into Spiritual Faith & Traditional
Knowledge included traditional compost, pest control & food
preservation methods which are used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
Speaker Biography
Thirumal Thayaruban did his graduation in BSc Biotechnology with first class as well as he
successfully completed his master’s degree on MSc Biotechnology at University of Madras,
Chennai, India since 2006 to 2011. Now he is working as a District Environment officer
(District in Charge) at Marine Environment Protection Authority, Ministry of Mahaweli
Development and Environment since 1st August 2018 till now. Previously, he had been
attached to National Aquaculture Development Authority, Ministry of Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources Development, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as an Aqua
culturist from 2nd May 2018 up to 31st July 2018. Before, he was working as an Assistant
Lecturer at Department of Botany, Eastern University, Sri Lanka from 2011 up to 2017.
e:
thayarubaneusl@gmail.com