Agricultural sector in Sri Lanka Agriculture, which consists of domestic and export sub-sectors, remains a vital sector in the economy through the provision of income, employment, foreign exchange ...

656. Sri Lanka should look at modernizing the agricultural sector as it could become a very high FOREX earner and also help towards food security, said Minister of Agriculture and and Plantation ...

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With a land area of more than 65,000 sq km, Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector is characterised by small-scale farming and a tropical climate that is highly variable. Agricultural output comprises rice, ...

Sri Lanka’s economy has traditionally been agriculture-based, but several centuries of international trade – and the introduction of tea, rubber, and coffee cultivation by the UK – have altered the ...

Minister of Plantation Industries By Hiran H.Senewiratne Sri Lanka’s post-harvest losses in the agriculture sector amount to more than Rs 55 billion, which issue needs to be addressed as soon as ...

Consolidating its efforts to empower farmers and ensure the nation’s food security, Sri Lanka’s leading private sector bank, HNB PLC, launched a comprehensive support system under the HNB Leasing Govi ...

While the agriculture sector in Sri Lanka is becoming more and more archaic with every passing year, artificial intelligence enabled technologies, sophisticated computerised methods and drone ...

Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector grew 2.6 per cent from a year earlier, but industrial output shrank by 9.2 per cent, while services decreased by 0.2 per cent, official data showed,. Sri Lanka’s economy ...

Sri Lanka’s organic-farming blunder hardly could have come at a worse moment. COVID-19 has hurt economies everywhere, and it has taken a special toll on those that rely on tourism.

A shift to better farming practices is possible, but Sri Lanka’s abrupt switch to organics offers a bitter lesson in how to change food systems in a sustainable way.