Ministry of Agriculture
Jurisdiction
Government of Sri Lanka Headquarters Govijana Mandiraya, 80/5 Rajamalwatta Avenue,
Battaramulla ,
Colombo
6°54′00.30″N 79°54′56.30″E / 6.9000833°N 79.9156389°E / 6.9000833; 79.9156389 Annual budget
Rs. 50 billion (2016, recurrent)
Rs. 4 billion (2016, capital) Minister responsible Ministry executive B. Wijayaratne, Secretary Child agencies Agriculture and Agrarian Insurance Board Ceylon Fertilizer Company Limited Colombo Commercial Fertilizer Company Department of Agrarian Development Department of Agriculture Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research & Training Institute Institute of Post‐Harvest Technology Janatha Fertilizer Enterprises Limited Lanka Phosphate Company Limited National Fertilizer Secretariat Pulses & Grain Research & Production Authority Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy Sri Lanka National Freedom from Hunger Campaign Board Website
agrimin.gov.lk
The Ministry of Agriculture
[2] (
Sinhala : කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්යාංශය ;
Tamil : கமத்தொழில் அமைச்சு ) is the
central government
ministry of
Sri Lanka responsible for
agriculture . The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other subjects which come under its purview.
[3] The current Minister of Agriculture is
Mahinda Amaraweera .
[1] The ministry's
secretary is B. Wijayaratne.
[4]
Ministers
The Minister of Agriculture is a member of the
Cabinet of Sri Lanka .
Parties
Governors of British Ceylon
United National Party
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Eelam People's Democratic Party
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Key objectives
The key objective of the Ministry of agriculture is to:
Supportive agricultural policy for food and allied agricultural crops,
Established food and nutrition security,
Stable prices for agricultural products,
Efficiently coordinated paddy purchasing and marketing programme,
Timely implementation of projects, Increase production in selected crops,
Efficient and effective implementation of accelerated food production programme,
Efficient and effective use of foreign funds,
Customer friendly and result oriented administrative system,
Results-based management in entire government sector.
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Secretaries
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