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Agricultural Sector

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Topic updated on 02/14/2019 09:40am
  • Before 1977 agricultural sector was dominated in Sri Lanka.
  • Half of the national production was supported by agriculture.
  • Before 1977 within state dominated economic policy more were engaged in paddy farming and rural sector food crops farming.
  • Domestic agricultural sector contribution towards Gross Domestic Product declined gradually.
  • Today large contribution of agricultural sector is consists with other crops including vegetables and fruits.
  • Second and third place are owned by paddy and plantation crops in order.

Problems relating to Domestic agriculture

  • Importing of agricultural crops create problems in domestic agriculture
  • Increase in prices of agricultural inputs
  • Problems like weak water management and lack of high quality seeds
  • Insect problems
  • Demarcation of lands and problems in tenant cultivation
  • Problems with marketing
  • Damages to pre and post harvest
  • Using of more lands for plantation crops

 Policy strategies taken in recent to improve Domestic agricultural sector 

  • Act to improve skills used in agriculture
  • Empower private entrepreneurs
  • Improve food processing technology
  • Improve cultivation of fruits and flowers
  • Improve domestic milk production
  • Spread the knowledge of information technology relating to agriculture at rural level
  • Protecting of resources

 Steps taken recently to improve Plantation sector 

  • Making of a national plan for the development of plantation sector.
  • Establish an active fund for the development of plantation crops of tea, rubber and coconut
  • Providing of fertilizer subsidy

 Agro based Industries 

  • Coconut related industries
    • Coconut oil production
    • Copra production
    • Coir related products
  • Milk related industries
    • Yogurt production
    • Ice cream production
    • Curd production
  • Rubber related industries
    • Tire production
    • Metres production
    • Sheet rubber production
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