Dr Pradeepa Korale-Gedara
Research Fellow – Re-envisioning Food Systems
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Book Chapters
Thrikawala, Sunil, Batzlen, Christof and Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa (2022). Cost-benefit analysis of irrigation projects. Agricultural policy analysis: concepts and tools for emerging economies. (pp. 295-330) Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-3284-6_12
Weerahewa, Jeevika, Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa and Wijetunga, Chatura Sewwandi (2020). Nutrition transition in Sri Lanka: a meta-analysis of the nutrition profile. Agricultural research for sustainable food systems in Sri Lanka: Volume 1: A historical perspective. (pp. 13-61) edited by Buddhi Marambe, Jeevika Weerahewa and Warshi S. Dandeniya. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-2152-2_2
Weerahewa, Jeevika, Gedara, Pradeepa Korale and Kanthilanka, Hemali (2017). The evolution of food policy in Sri Lanka: 1948–2017. Reference module in food science. (pp. 1-19) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-08-100596-5.21179-7
Journal Articles
Malaviarachchi, Dinithi and Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa Malkanthi (2024). Decomposition of food price inflation in Sri Lanka. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 1-20. doi: 10.1080/13547860.2024.2378532
Senadhilankara, Prashani, Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa and Perera, W. N. U. (2024). Risk perception, management strategies, determinants of adoption and sustainability in Sri Lanka’s layer chicken farming industry: navigating crisis. Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development, 34 (1), 34-52. doi: 10.1177/10185291241297440
Kodithuwakku, D. S. A. W. and Korale-Gedara, P. (2023). Does the leadership style affect team members’ project satisfaction: case study of Sri Lankan IT sector. Kelaniya Journal of Management, 12 (3), 15-39. doi: 10.4038/kjm.v12i3.7749
Gunasekara, Udeni, Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa and Gunathilaka, Dayani (2023). Preferences of inland fishers for different management attributes in village tank cascade systems in Sri Lanka. Agricultural Systems, 208 103644, 103644. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103644
Ranasinghe, Ranawalage Dona Arani Koshathaki, Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa Malkanthi and Weerasooriya, Senal Alexander (2023). Climate change adaptation and adaptive capacities of dairy farmers: evidence from village tank cascade systems in Sri Lanka. Agricultural Systems, 206 103609, 103609. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103609
Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa, Weerahewa, Jeevika and Roy, Devesh (2023). Food safety in milk: adoption of food safety practices by small-scale dairy farmers in Sri Lanka and their determinants. Food Control, 143 109274, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109274
Maddegoda, M. H. M. M. T., Korale-Gedera, P. M., Kodithuwakku, S. P. and Nayanathara, N. (2022). Financial viability of commercial dairy farms established under the third phase of the dairy-cattle importation project in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Economic Research, 9 (2), 3-19. doi: 10.4038/sljer.v9i2.160
Perera, K. S. L., Liyanage, C. J., Jinadasa, H. R. N., Gedara, P. M. Korale and Karunaratne, W. A. I. P. (2022). Resource-efficient and eco-friendly model for fruit processing industry waste valorisation using black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae under tropical conditions. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 8 (3), 267-279. doi: 10.3920/jiff2020.0161
Gedara, P. M. Korale, Ratnasiri, S. and Bandara, J. S. (2016). Does asymmetry in price transmission exist in the rice market in Sri Lanka?. Applied Economics, 48 (27), 2491-2505. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1125427
Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa, Weerahewa, Jeevika, Pushpakumara, Gamini and S. Kodithuwakku, Sarath (2015). Commercial orientation and its effects on plant diversity in homegardens: an empirical investigation of rural households in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Economics, 14, 17-42. doi: 10.4038/sjae.v14i0.4600
Ratnasiri, Shyama, Bandara, Jayatilleke S. and Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa (2015). Changing incomes and food prices: the Implications for rural and urban food security in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Economics, 14, 1-15. doi: 10.4038/sjae.v14i0.4599
Muffit, M.M., Korale-Gedara, P.M., Silva, G.L.L.P. and Rathnasekara, H. (2012). Determinants of commercialization of Indigenous poultry production: A case in Ampara District. Sri Lanka Journal of Animal Production, 10, 37-43.
Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa Malkanthi, Ratnasiri, Shyama and Bandara, Jayatilleke (2012). Soaring food prices and food security: does the income effect matter?. Applied Economics Letters, 19 (18), 1807-1811. doi: 10.1080/13504851.2012.667538