Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka) explained
Agency Name: | Ministry of Agriculture |
Type: | Ministry |
Nativename: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්යාංශය Tamil: கமத்தொழில் அமைச்சு |
Seal: | Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Sri Lanka |
Headquarters: | Govijana Mandiraya, 80/5 Rajamalwatta Avenue, Battaramulla, Colombo |
Minister1 Name: | Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera[1] |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister of Agriculture |
Chief1 Name: | B. Wijayaratne |
Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
Child1 Agency: | Agriculture and Agrarian Insurance Board |
Child2 Agency: | Ceylon Fertilizer Company Limited |
Child3 Agency: | Colombo Commercial Fertilizer Company |
Child4 Agency: | Department of Agrarian Development |
Child5 Agency: | Department of Agriculture |
Child6 Agency: | Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research & Training Institute |
Child7 Agency: | Institute of Post‐Harvest Technology |
Child8 Agency: | Janatha Fertilizer Enterprises Limited |
Child9 Agency: | Lanka Phosphate Company Limited |
Child10 Agency: | National Fertilizer Secretariat |
Child11 Agency: | Pulses & Grain Research & Production Authority |
Child12 Agency: | Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy |
Child13 Agency: | Sri Lanka National Freedom from Hunger Campaign Board |
The Ministry of Agriculture[2] (Sinhala; Sinhalese: 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
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. 65
Secretaries
Notes and References
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