Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Using traditional faiths and knowledge are secret of science and technology by the Tamil communities in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

International Conference on Food Production and Preservation

October 17-18, 2018 Ottawa, Canada

Thirumal Thayaruban

Eastern University, Sri Lanka

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Food Process Technol

Abstract:

Sri Lanka has been enriched with Traditional Knowledge (TK) on Medicines and Agriculture. After the arrival of western culture, traditional faiths and 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 remember and document our Inheritance patterns using in agriculture and food safety at Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. It is a qualitative research based on secondary data analysis. Primarily, it is intended to document the faiths and knowledge because existing researches of the country does not provide adequate protection for TK. While this study does not try 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 and Traditional Knowledge included traditional compost, pest control and food preservation methods which are used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

Biography :

Thirumal Thayaruban has completed his Master of Science in Biotechnology with first class at the age of 26 years on 2011 from University of Madras, India. He is the Assistant Lecturer, at Department of Botany, Eastern University, Sri Lanka since October 2011. He has published several papers in reputed journals and has been serving as a Trainer for organic farming in a special project on Toxin Free Sri Lanka.

E-mail: thayarubaneusl@gmail.com