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Soil Science has been taught at the University of Peradeniya since the inception of higher education in agriculture in 1948 and a fully-fledged Department dedicated to the discipline of soil science was established in 1986.

Congratulations Kevin Perera ๐ŸŽ‰, a former Temporary Lecturer of the Department of Soil Science, on starting your PhD at M...
05/02/2026

Congratulations Kevin Perera ๐ŸŽ‰, a former Temporary Lecturer of the Department of Soil Science, on starting your PhD at Massey University ๐ŸŽ“
Best wishes from the Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture ๐ŸŒฑ

02/01/2026
๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐š ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โœจ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž welcomed the year 2026 today with a ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ž๐š ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง...
01/01/2026

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐š ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โœจ

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž welcomed the year 2026 today with a ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ž๐š ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ . The event served to strengthen the bonds of togetherness among our staff members, as we reaffirm our shared commitment to academic excellence in the year ahead.

๐–๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ก๐ž๐š๐! ๐ŸŒŸ

Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya

The Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, congratulates Prof. Udaya Vitharana on winning the Presidentโ€™s ...
25/12/2025

The Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, congratulates Prof. Udaya Vitharana on winning the Presidentโ€™s Award for Scientific Research 2025.

๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž: ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‹๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐-๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ...
24/12/2025

๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž: ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‹๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐-๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ™

Yesterday, December 23rd, the Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฒ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ.๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’ช We were privileged to be joined by the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture.

๐–๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, your solidarity has been our greatest strength.โค๏ธ

๐€๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ.

๐ŸŒ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ โ€“ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ŸŒฑโฃโฃSoil is the foundation of life. Over ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ depends...
05/12/2025

๐ŸŒ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ โ€“ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ŸŒฑโฃ
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Soil is the foundation of life. Over ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ depends on it, and it provides most of the essential nutrients plants need to grow. Yet, climate change and human activities are degrading this vital resource, reducing water availability, soil fertility, and even the nutrient quality of our food.โฃ
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This yearโ€™s theme, โ€œ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ,โ€ reminds us that soil isnโ€™t only found in farms and forests. Even in urban areas, healthy soil plays a key role in absorbing rainwater, regulating temperature, storing carbon, and improving air quality.โฃ
But when city soils are sealed under concrete and asphalt, these natural functions disappearโ€”making our cities hotter, more polluted, and more prone to flooding.โฃ
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On this World Soil Day, letโ€™s rethink our urban spaces from the ground up. Letโ€™s promote greener, more resilient, and healthier cities for future generations.โฃ
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๐ŸŒฑ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ญ.โฃ

โ€” Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya

๐ŸŒฟ A warm welcome to our new Soil Science majoring students! ๐ŸŒฟAs part of their orientation, they had the opportunity to v...
08/07/2025

๐ŸŒฟ A warm welcome to our new Soil Science majoring students! ๐ŸŒฟ

As part of their orientation, they had the opportunity to visit laboratories, observe field trials, and explore soil monoliths at HORDI.

Wishing you all the very best as you begin this exciting and enriching journey in soil science!

Congratulations to Prof. Udaya Vitharana and the team on their latest publication, "Drivers of the Variability of Soil P...
01/07/2025

Congratulations to Prof. Udaya Vitharana and the team on their latest publication, "Drivers of the Variability of Soil Phosphorus Fractions in Boreal Forested Watersheds." ๐Ÿ‘ A great contribution to advancing our understanding of forest soil nutrient dynamics! ๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿ“š

In the boreal forest, phosphorus (P) is tightly cycled and can be heterogenous in its distribution across the landscape. Characterizing chemical, physical, and landscape-scale drivers of variability in both concentration and forms of soil P can help us understand how P dynamics will respond to envir...

A productive day with the HND students of Ambilipitiya Technical College, following the Agro-Environmental Science modul...
26/06/2025

A productive day with the HND students of Ambilipitiya Technical College, following the Agro-Environmental Science module!
Our team demonstrated a range of essential soil science practicals from laboratory analysis of soil properties to field sampling techniques and exploring of soil monoliths.

๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿฒโœจ Celebrating good food and great company at our Department of Soil Science potluck lunch! Thank you to everyone who c...
07/06/2025

๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿฒโœจ Celebrating good food and great company at our Department of Soil Science potluck lunch! Thank you to everyone who contributed to making today's lunch a flavorful success! Check out some highlights from our gathering.

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